Two years prior to Hundred Reasons debut album 'Ideas Above Our Station' the Hampshire quintet came back for more with another offering of original harmonic/melodic rock. Hurried by Columbia Records, 'Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge' was released as soon as all the songs were done and the advertising/marketing campaign was minimal, making its release a quiet one, but still managing to shift a good amount of units. The band has clearly learned a fair bit thanks to the success of IAOS, and raised the bar with even more complex guitar work, group vocal harmonies and showcasing the abilities of the drummer Andy Bews and bassist Andy Gilmour. In theory the album and band ...  Read the complete review

The start of this year has already seen 7 or 8 albums released that I have really taken too. The one I was looking forward to the most had to be this one, Hundred Reason. The follow up to 2002’s debut album, “Ideas Above Our Station” this was going to be the deciding album that would make or break the band. From humble beginnings of playing their first gig at a birthday party in Kingston in 2000 they have come along way. This second album, “Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge” had a lot to live up to but I think they’ve actually gone one better than the ...  Read the complete review