Black Tie Dynasty – Movements

Black Tie Dynasty perfectly embrace the sounds of bands such as Joy Division, The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen, catching the post punk wave that exploded in the 80s and updating it to make it relevant in todays world. Outburn Magazine

Smooth and drifting soundscapes flash across the songs, the melodies hint towards a Britpop groove with a good solid American pop base to stand on. The Big Takeover

Filled with new wave precision and muscular synth pop, the CD establishes the Fort Worth, Texas outfit as one of the leading contenders to prove that the recent 80s revival is about innovation and songwriting more than simply derivative musical copycatting. Amplifier Magazine

The vocals sound a bit like Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode with an indie/retro rock feel to the music but packed with originality. These guys know what theyre doing. Impact Press

Chiming Melodies, Groovy bass lines and stadium size choruses scatter themselves across the record. An excellent debut release. Alternative Malta

If you enjoy the plucking of a guitar with a Cure-like playful mysteriousness with a twist of romantic candlelightblackness, you will definitely have an appetite for Black Tie Dynasty Alt.Culture.Guide

Everyone and his black-clad brother is playing homage to 80s Brit punk these days, but few do it as well as Fort Worths Black Tie Dynasty. On their hummable debut, Eddie Thomas, Blake McWhorter, Cory Watson and Brian MCQuorcodale bang out on concise gloom pop ditty after another. Dallas Morning News

This is one of the most promising local records of the year-Dallas Observer