Within days of filming a quick video of Kinky Afro in a cold Stockport rehearsal studio (once inhabited by the Mondays themselves) they were already touted by Monday's sticksman Gaz Whelan as "Better than the real thing" (Twitter) and "Really good" by Rowetta (Twitter).
Perhaps their most poignant and resonant appreciation so far came after the debut warm up performance at Cheadle's Kenilworth:
"It's like having the Mondays in your living room"