Review by Mike Barnes (Mojo magazine, March 1996) Eyeless In Gaza’s strength has always been in never fitting into any norm. As a thorny post-punk duo they were uncompromising but lyrical, with Martyn Bates’s serpentine, untrammelled vocals forefronted. They fizzled out in ’87 but have fizzled in again over the last few years. On Bitter Apples Eyeless have delivered their best album in 12 years, recalling their sublime, semi-forgotten apex Rust Red September. Like Bates’s recent collaborations with Bill Laswell and Derek Jarman’s former sonic collaborator Simon Fisher-Turner, it suggests his unique voice is finally getting its due recognition.