Barratt’s texts are striking enough that the listener doesn’t long for an instrumental version; Ferry’s approach is intriguing and impressively original. It’s a diversion, but one that transforms his past into something fresh.

Loose Talk is a tightly crafted exploration of live unmoored. [May 2025, p.104]

This is an intriguing piece of work that has a strange allure, asking more questions than it answers – in a good way. It is satisfying to witness a new dimension to Bryan Ferry’s artistry, an ability to use old canvases to create new paintings with the help of Barratt’s evocative prose.

It's a strikingly bold venture, and a refreshing take on the Roxy soundworld. [Apr 2025, p.29]

The result is varied, strange and engaging. [May 2025, p.75]

Loose Talk is an engaging listen. [May 2025, p.52]

Barratt’s plummy texts present fragmentary narratives aquiver with unresolved tension and hyperreal detail. Her compadre is talking them up as In Every Dream Home A Heartache rebooted, but Loose Talk is surely but an intriguing distraction compared to that pop-cultural landmark. [Apr 2025, p.79]