30 de janeiro 1969. os beatles tocaram no telhado de savile row 3, londres. 24 de julho 2014. os beautify junkyards tocam no terraço do PARK, lisboa. pelo meio os red hot e os U2 tentaram fazer umas cenas. "...Os BJ gravaram um álbum francamente delicioso onde a simplicidade não se traduz em facilitismo, mas sim numa beleza sem esforço...um disco bucólico e apaixonante" Lia Pereira in BLITZ "Boas notícias, "Beautify Junkyards" ouve-se com a excitação com que se descobre um disco de inéditos...o protagonismo é sobre as canções, sendo tratadas sem a burocracia da homenagem. Não temamos palavras simples: muito bonito" Luís Guerra in Expresso "...Os Beautify Junkyards, apoiados por musicos como i-Wolf dos Sofa Surfers, ou Erica Buettner, a cantora norte-americana radicada em Portugal há alguns anos, abrem uma clareira na floresta e mostram o que as árvores e folhagens escondiam: raízes sólidas que começam a desenvolver novas formas. Não são radicalmente diferentes, mas provêm de um outro lugar. Este é o momento em que começamos a descobri-lo. Bem-vindos à viagem" Mário Lopes in IPSILON "Beautify Junkyards are much more than heads with great record collections. Their take on Donovan´s "Song For The Naturalist´s Wife" is as playful as it is sweet and pretty. Their version of Kraftwerk´s "Radioactivity" is positively spellbinding. Renditions of Heron´s "Yellow Roses" and Vashti Bunyan "Rose Hip November" are examples of the very best autumnal folk- all yeaming. And when they nail OsMutantes "Fuga nº 2" making it beautiful and freaky, just like the original, they win me for life." SHINDIG MAGAZINE "intriguing and lovely" Mark Radcliffe BBC RADIO 2 "Lisbon’s Beautify Junkyards literally bloom on their self-titled full-length......By the time they work their ethereal magic though, what comes through is Beautify Junkyards and a consistency of sound and vision that transcends authorship. On all cuts it’s crystal clear that Junkyards approached each song and writer with unshakable affection......Above and beyond the dreamy lure of their shimmering on-the-waking-edge vibe that adds a definition to ‘all natural,’ Beautify Junkyards is the sound of various voices in unison—theirs, the songwriters, the instruments, the understated production—that moves the album into a timelessness that is deeply traditional and forward..." OCEAN SUNRISE BENDER (USA) “it’s one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time. They managed to breathe new live into the songs they’ve chosen whilst at the same time making them their own” STRANGE BREW (UK) “All at once breathless, beautiful and bewitching, the junkyard ones peel away at the skin of originals third person rustic eloquence and tease to the fore its core heart arresting romance” GOD IS IN THE TV (UK) "We don't often review singles here at the Prog Column, but we simply must bring this to your attention a superb rendition of the Nick Drake song by a new Portuguese combo. CLASSIC ROCK “Loving this Kraftwerk version from Lisbon´s Beautify Junkyards” DJ Food Following on from last year's excellent debut 7" on Fruits de Mer (both sides of which are included here), this is a bold and creative statement from a group with exceptional taste, and an implicit awareness of which songs will best suit their approach. ACTIVE LISTENER (UK) “With sounds of freedom, nature and pure music, Portuguese sextet “Beautify Junkyards” announces a good start of their, hopefully, long lasting career. Their self-titled debut is all about making the good music sound even better.” ITS PSYCHEDELIC BABY (SERBIA) "its dificult not to smile when listening to those tracks. What i like in these tracks its the well achieved balance between the respect to the original melted with the strong musical personality of the band" MUSICA PAVÊ (BRAZIL)
