Polly Mackey and The Pleasure Principle

"Catch them in London now before they're selling out Wembley!" - London

"After watching Polly MacKey’s sound check it was apparent to me that she must have the word “talent” written through her like a stick of rock. At tonight’s gig Polly and her band the Pleasure Principle played with the assurance of seasoned veterans producing a set shot through with brilliance which not only demonstrated her wonderful voice but also what fine musicians her band are." - Altsounds.com

"Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle have a sound tighter than Dawn French's trousers after a midnight feast!" - Von Pip

"Drawing upon an impressive lineage of empowered female frontpersons — from such classic rockers as Maggie Bell and Ann Wilson to the punk and new wave era’s Patti Smith and Chrissie Hynde, and onward to the contemporary milieu’s Alison Mosshart and Sharin Foo — Mackey and her band deliver the hi-nrg powerpop goods with an impossible-to-ignore panache and vivacity. Not for nothing did we pick these Brits as our “Best Kept Secret” for March. But they won’t be a secret much longer." - Blurt Magazine USA

"Best...band name...ever.
The songs are catchy as hell but subtle with it. Polly can sure write a chorus with the best of them, all great melodic hooks that have some sadness in them...It's the folorn atmosphere she writes into her songs that's so addictive." - The Playground Magazine

Polly Mackey Pleasure! We love the song! Really rather lovely. - Lauren Laverne

"This band deliver an epic sound, with a set that will be the bedrock of what promises to be an astonishing debut album. HMV's Next Big Thing? Certainly." - HMV Next BigThing Festival

"Polly Mackey's voice resounds like Chan Marshall; vulnerable, tender but somehow impassioned and brutally enticing. Keep your eye focused on this precious 17-year-old prodigy" ”
- Fly Magazine

"Polly has a FANTASTIC voice - strong with a really wonderful quality to it...it has something that makes me sad to my bones in a really good way...I definitely want to keep an eye on Polly, I think she is a great talent and I'd be very interested to see how she develops"
- Marsha Shandur