FICTION PLANE - Everything Will Never Be OK
You really can't take these guys too seriously when it comes to their music. They sound like one of those VH1 bands that will soon be touring with COLDPLAY, RYAN ADAMS, or JOHN MAYER. With just a touch of a Brit pop sound to them, you really can't stick that label on them (even as a subtitle). Track #5 is the worst ballad I have ever heard.
- Modern Mark

Across the pond, the band Fiction Plane (featuring frontman/guitarist Joe Sumner, son of legendary musician Sting) has been making a lot of waves lately—inking a recording deal with MCA Records in July, and they are now recording their major label debut album at Jim Henson studios under the production of veterans David Kahne and Joe Barresi.  They have been using the Quiana Top and a K412, and already the album sounds amazing!  Stay tuned for more news to come on all of these fabulous artists who choose Rivera.

Across the pond, the band Fiction Plane (featuring frontman/guitarist Joe Sumner, son of legendary musician Sting) has been making a lot of waves lately—inking a recording deal with MCA Records in July, and they are now recording their major label debut album at Jim Henson studios under the production of veterans David Kahne and  Joe Baresi. They have been using the Quiana Top and a K412, and already the album sounds amazing!  Stay tuned for more news to come on all of these fabulous artists who choose Rivera.
Rivera Amps

2/22/2003
Tonight, Weller is in our fair hamlet performing at the Orpheum. You'll spend the night praying for ''A Town Called Malice,'' but stay open-minded long enough to enjoy his melodic new material. As a bonus, you'll enjoy an opening set from Sting's larva. That's right, Joe Sumner, son of Policeman Sting, and his band Fiction Plane open for Weller. Sumner looks and even sounds a bit like his famous pop. Plus, no Cheb Mami. Score!
Christopher Muther
Globe Staff

3/7/03 Fiction Plane, Everything Will Never Be OK
You gotta hand it to this English trio for, at the very least, not sounding like Disturbed or Sum 41 or Coldplay or whoever it's cool to cop these days. On second thought, maybe you don't. This young buzz band's debut may not follow the steps of their homeland's atmospheric-pop movement or America's nu-metal or pop-punk, but it does echo a current trend in alt-rock. It just ain't any good. Here, the band tries to combine accessible art-rock with hints of rockabilly, and -- boy, as hard as it is to believe this -- it just never seems to work. Love the album title, though.
-- Malcolm Mayhew
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/entertainment/5338273.htm

Sting's Son Goes Political With Band 'Fiction Plane'
Sting's son, singer/guitarist Joe Sumner, is set to release a new album by his band Fiction Plane. Everything Will Never Be OK will hit stores in either March or April. The MCA Records release was produced by David Kahane (Sugar Ray, Sublime) and engineered by Joe Barresi.
The album is a collection of Modern Rock tunes, and a lot of the subject matter focuses on the state of the world, including the Iraqi conflict. One such track is "Soldier Machismo," a reaction against knee-jerk militarism and exploration of each side's propaganda.
"There are so many twisted opinions and propaganda out there," said Sumner. "It's hard to know who is right. I see that the world is messed up, and I wish I could do something about it."
Fiction Plane is set for a tour starting February 4 in Chicago. It will be on the road with Something Corporate, Juliana Theory, and Vendetta Red through February 16 in Washington D.C.

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USA Today
3/18/2003

(3 stars) Nineties college rock is a clear influence on moody but driving tracks such as Listen to My Babe and Real Real, but the band's lean, muscular playing and canny atmospherics also nod to power pop and electronica.
—Gardner

"Everything Will Never Be Ok", what a pessimistic point of view. I mean, honestly now, why woudl they call it that? As far as I see it, it's sarcastic. Not overtly sarcastic, but intellectually sarcastic, which makes it even more fun, just like the whole album. A bit smart, a bit fun, and a bit introspective. (new pop )

Reviewer's Rating: 8
celebrity cafe.com
http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/cd/full_review/405.html+fiction+plane&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Fiction Plane have released one of the most dynamic and impressive rock debuts to come out so far this year. London trio Joe Sumner, Dan Brown, and Seton Daunt blend catchy melodies, witty lyrics, and classic rock riffs into their universally appealing brand of pop rock. Check out songs from their 'Everything Will Never Be OK' CD.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/music/ch/songs_spotlight.jsp

FICTION PLANE Everything Will Never Be OK (MCA) * * *
There’s a world of soul beneath the music of guitar trio Fiction Plane that has nothing to do with genetics. Though vocalist Joe Sumner is Sting’s son and sounds very much like it, the band has a sound all its own, one that literally screams for attention. The anxious groove on tracks like “I Wish I Would Die” and “Listen to My Babe” is contagious, and the band holds it together long enough to ensure they’ll someday become one of Britain’s finest musical exports.
andy meek
http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2003/cdrv_2003-03-20.cfm
salt lake city weekly

Seventeen
Fiction Plane
"Listen to My Babe"
(Everything Will Never Be Ok)

Love section
These British rockers make good use of their groovy guitar riffs and singer Joe Sumner's sexy-cool voice. Play them as you help us decide which gorgeous guy will be our Mr. July!

28 March, 2003
I've been listening to a few songs from Fiction Plane's debut album, and they're pretty good. Much in the Blur/Pulp/Placebo Britpop tradition, I'd say. I've heard some of their stuff over the past couple of years - but I never knew their lead singer is Sting's son. Which is probably good: it may have caused me to write them off as just another "pop star son's wannabe band." But they're heads over such dreck as Jakob Dylan and Sean Lenon.

http://www.sixdifferentways.com

Sting's son, Joe Sumner, proves he is no wallflower with the release of Fiction Plane's debut CD, Everything will never be ok. Seems Joe Sumner has taken more than a few listens to Sting's old band, The Police. And, ya gotta admit, he has learned very, very well.
Fiction Plane (Joe on vocals/guitars, Dan on bass/keyboards, Seton on guitar,) may be the best thing to happen to music since the Seattle sound of Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. That said, Fiction Plane is about as far away from grunge as Josh Groban is from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But, with songs like Listen to My Babe, Real Real and Hate, they have unleashed some of the best lyrics and catchiest melodies in years. Everything will never be ok is no Outlandos D'Amour, but with luck, Fiction Plane may just have a Reggatta De Blanc in them. (We're talking Police albums, people!)
PS: Look for the song If Only, by Fiction Plane, on the soundtrack for the movie Holes by Walt Disney Records.
www.kidzworld.com/site/p3359.htm

FM Sound
Lyrically, the band suffers a bit from immaturity and repetition, resulting most often in songs that stick in the back of the head, but bear little lasting impression. Standouts include the Chris Penn-influenced “Military Machismo” and the most undeniable vocal reminder of Sumner’s old man, “Real Real.” As New Wave scion that is Fiction Plane admirably endeavors to make it on their own, touring the States and working ceaselessly, Everything Will Never Be OK represents an enjoyable trove of raw materials upon which to build.