“Simply tells it how it is and is not ashamed of being a little different from your average Poet.” 

Shortfuse

"His voice is instantly recognisable - a youthful and excitable manner, one of a man who sounds not quite ready to submit to the mundane-ness of grown up living." 

Foundry Magazine

"Mat Lloyd has the cap.  Mat Lloyd has the words.  All he needs now is the beard..." 

Scroobius Pip - Actor, Podcaster & former Spoken Word Poet

"Off beat poetry about real life"

The London Paper

"It offers a penetrating examination of contemporary male friendships, invoking the vocabulary of laddish banter (‘Every time I bone your missus / She gives me a doughnut. Slut’, only to pull the rug out from under the viewer in its final, wrenching seconds." 

The Sabotage

"If you have been fortunate enough to hear him read – which I have – then his style and context hit you right to your core. I was nodding when I first heard Mat. I can’t remember if it was ‘Two Inches to the Right’ or ‘Blokes’ but this work could be done when I am 100 years old and still be fresh." 

Philip Levine - Artist & Co Founder of Lazy Gramophone

"Part social comment. Part explosive diatribe"

DONT Magazine