The Onset's debut LP, on Probe Plus, manages to combine hippy sentiments with gusty catchy roots music, from rock 'n' roll to country to space age talking blues.

it manages to mix humour, compassion and style with a background of inner city reality and a slice of idealism.

Penny Kiley (Liverpool Echo)[1] "Really and truly, all the Hillbilly carpings are one of the finest things that Probe Plus have delivered-this irreverent bunch must be a dream band" Simon Jones (Folk Roots)[2] "Dedicated to Rainbow Warriors, Freedom Fighters and Sun Dancers, The Pool of Life explores the World, the Universe and everything else, from war games to starving children, through the love of God to more human weaknesses.

It is the sparsest of sounds that an eleven piece band can make - soft country accapella with lifting blues harmonica.

The soft shoe shuffle of tracks like Precious Love, the hard edge of Rockin Out The Depression, The Pool of Life proves to be a worldly Hobos' guide to the galaxy."