"Between quiet desperation and jazz-soul heaven, evocative and elusive, eerie, moody and deceptively easy on the ear, they win you over with subtlety. Bristol hasn’t produced a group of stunning originality for a while make way for Mooz." - The Big Issue

"Oozing bluesy fusion and merging sharp disco fractiousness into folksy jazz stylisations the songs are like the bedtime stories a weird uncle would have told you... it’s run through with stark, soulful documents of sound, punctuated by eerie cello and the most haunting voices you’ll hear this side of Bulgaria. A terrific debut album that demands your attention." - Decode

"Their songs all boast highly individual arrangements, a fearless blending of trip hop rhythms, acoustic chamber instruments, cocktail jazz vocals and chords Bert Weedon never dreamt of. They have a debut album just out called ‘the wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease’ which I can unreservedly recommend. I can tell you Mooz are Amy Jarlett on drums and backing vocals, Jessica Marlowe; vocals, Paula James on cello, guitar and backing vocals and Rasha Shaheen who’s the bassist. And they are based in Bristol and we very much hope to hear from them soon."
"It’s interesting that they sort of play a brand of alternative rock, and it really makes you realise that the state of rock is very healthy when you look between the cracks."
"Exactly, once you get deep in to the independent grooves of it and away from the stuff that the big companies put out it’s a very, extremely sort of outlook." - Mixing It BBC Radio 3

"Mooz are utterly unique; unafraid to confront the recent legacy of their home city (drum and bass and the jazz/breakbeat crossover), and yet with their roots in a far more spontaneous tradition going back to the funk-roots-punk of The Pop Group and The Slits. The groove is in their hearts and the blues is putty in their hands. 'The Wheel...' is a top-notch collection of some of the band’s finest moments, a constantly changing mood of an album, by turns tense, relaxed, romantic and confrontational. A fine debut from a very special band." - Choke

"Stunning chain gang rhythms, waltzing strings, looped effects al undercut with savage-yet- beautiful vocals. 5/5" - Synergy

"Bass, Drums, Guitar, Voice. It’s a simple formula, and like all simple formula reveals most. Mooz have ideas. This is an album-album, coherent and fascinating, raw and emotional. There’s too much accessible joy to Mooz. Occasionally they recall a slick Slits or pop Pop Group, arty but not arch. Vocals mourn and holler, the bass is jazzy, suspended over frenetic skitter-funk drums, the cello sweeps or scratches." - Careless Talk Costs Lives

"This album mixes dark sounds of trip hop with sassy breakbeats, tight bass and occasional rocking guitar. The breakbeats add colour and flavour, as on ‘Grit’ and ‘Bounce’, while the slower tracks such as ‘Stuck To The View’ and ‘Soothing Intermission’ add a pleasurable lull to proceedings. 8/10." - Future Music

"A fusion of hypnotic, repetitive basslines, vocals that leap from short and sharp to breathy and seductive, mournful cello and dramatic sudden stops. Check the skewed stretched guitar chords that drag ‘Pepperpot’ and ‘Grit’ into unexpected grooves and, most evocatively, the light and crisp guitar chimes to the eerie and spacey ‘Watch this Space’. An important component of the almost woozy and chilled vibe of Mooz is the vocal style of Jess, sometimes fluid and languorous, at others punchy and staccato, bound by the moody grooves the band weave around them." - Venue