Hand Built By Robots - Newton Faulkner Reviews

Hand Built by Robots is the debut album (I think) from the dreadlocked, laid back, musical hippy that is Newton Faulkner. I absolutely love him! This album is a favourite of mine, delivering soulful tunes with very catchy melodies. Some tracks are cheerful and witty, while others are sad and reflective. There are also those in between, ...  Read the complete review

Newton Faulkner is the latest cool dude surfer guy who actually hails from the south of England rather than the Californian Coast and his soulful album promised a lot on the basis of a couple of tracks that I had heard however over the length of the entire album it failed to live up to my expectations and in the end I was left wishing I had just ...  Read the complete review

I expect by now, at least 80% of the population have heard of Newton Faulkner, haven't they? Handmade guitar, surfydude with dreadlocks, deep soulful voice? No? Well let me enlighten you! He is a 23 years old (at the time of writing), singer/ songwriter from Surrey. His gorgeous rendition of Massive Attacks Teardrops (which I personally think ...  Read the complete review

Hand Built By Robots is the debut album from singer songwriter Newton Faulkner, recognisable by his ginger dreadlocks and goatee beard, but also by his sound. It is like nothing you've heard before, he gets sounds out of an acoustic guitar that i didn't think were possible, and has a voice that would suit to most genres. His song writing ...  Read the complete review

On first listen, this album sounded like an acoustic pop record. However, when I found myself listening more and more, I realised there was far more to it. This album is full of great tracks, whether you just want catchy acoustic pop songs such as "Dream Catch Me" or the complex "fingerstyle" guitar of songs such as ...  Read the complete review

Newton Faulkner is an English artist who specialises in vocals and playing the guitar. He is best known for his dreaklocked hair and distinctive style. According to Wikipedia, his main influences come from the likes of Eric Roche, Tom Waits, Jurassic 5, Massive Attack, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, James Brown,Prince, Mr Hudson, Green Day, ...  Read the complete review

Hand Built By Robots is Newton Faulkner's debut album. He smashed onto the commercial music scene in 2007 with his hit Dream Catch Me, and the album was just as successful. He is one of a breed of singer songwriters we have seen emerge over the past five years or so inculding James Blunt, James Morrison and Paolo Nutini that seem to have the edge ...  Read the complete review

Something unique Newton Faulkner may be widely known for his unique ginger dreadlocks but Faulkner is one of the biggest singer songwriters to emerge onto the scene in 2007 with his number 1 album "Hand Built By Robots". Although the singer songwriter genre is now a regular feature of the music world, and not exactly ...  Read the complete review

my music tastes had always been open to anything new and different. i was a great fan of acoustic artists like jack johnson and jose gonzalez but as my tastes developed i started to liek more upbeat acoustic. newton faulkner really is incredible. his music can make you feel many emotions that not many artists can make you feel. i first noticed him ...  Read the complete review

Over the last few years I have found my musical tastes developing ever so slightly over time and it was my introduction to Elliott Smith that started leading me towards more chilled out artists. So by last summer when Newton Faulkner announced his arrival on the British music scene with the release of "I Need Something", I could tell he ...  Read the complete review

What is this weird sound we keep hearing all over the music channels and the radio? Well this glorious sound is Newton Faulkner. Who? I hear you cry. Well Newton has come very far over the past few months. Born in 1985 making him a fresh 22 years of age, Newton first started playing the guitar when he was 15. Although if you listen to his guitar ...  Read the complete review