Public Response
Ist have received a positive reaction from independent media, .
In 2006 songwriter Kenton Hall received a nomination for MOJO Magazine/Bavaria's Music of Substance Award, alongside fellow Leicester songwriter, Kevin Hewick
The group's sound has been compared to artists such as Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Nick Cave, The E Street Band, Ray Davies, Television and The Beatles., . Fans include the novelist Neil Gaiman.
Ist have received positive respsonse in Russian where the album King Martha reached no. 1 on the Russian legal music download site http://www.yanga.ru in June 2006, with debut album Freudian Corduroy occupying the number two spot.
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