"The disc’s 14 tracks offer dreamlike, impressionistic, wryly funny snapshots rendered via the Wiyos’ high-energy cabaret/blues rock. Recorded over the course of a year, Twist unravels, track by track, like a surreal Americana opus—Big Pink meets Pink Floyd." - read full article at Chronogram Magazine


"they look set to become celebrities of the Americana scene" read full review at The Guardian

"Twist is a real surprise made of limitless creativity and jaw dropping originality. It's an explosion of good music, a gently rocking tornado." read full review at Goodmusicfox


“Wonderful, weird and at times scary - it’s well worth checking out!” - Bruce MacGregor, BBC Radio Scotland

"This is far more ambitious than merely being an attempt to create a modern day soundtrack to L. Frank Baum's eternally popular story. The Wiyos have added huge slices of their own imaginations to create something fresh and adventurous." read full review at marshtowers

"they mould their retro influences into an impressive and cohesive song-cycle that manages to reference the Tinman, the Lion et al without leveraging the movie’s legendary status. It shouldn’t work, but it does" read full revue at The Irish Times


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