… Trish Keenan's voice was like a folk voice – simple, unadorned, not about her, but about the song. – The Quietus
… while Broadcast were shamefully underrated they were also quietly, beguilingly influential. They encouraged people to seek out esoteric or long-forgotten music – from electronica to folk. – The Guardian
… Broadcast's albums would never outstay their welcome, evoking unwaning poignancy until the next rewarding chapter, more like good films than pop records. Broadcast were entitled to be perfectionists because in this rare case perfection was achievable. – Andy Votel
Purity and pitch aren’t words that get used too often when describing modern singers, but Trish Keenan had the purest voice of her generation. The first time I heard it, so warm and hypnotic, I was hooked. – Bob Stanley
Trish had presence, she was intelligent, funny and kind … – Extra Geographic
Anyone who has listened to Broadcast, and it’s often a very personal and intimate experience, will have found in Keenan’s voice a sense of healing and respite. They will have also heard her confidence-building use of the imagination, and by her music they will have been unquestionably and uniquely transformed. – Caught By The River
Anyone who has listened to Broadcast, and it’s often a very personal and intimate experience, will have found in Keenan’s voice a sense of healing and respite. They will have also heard her confidence-building use of the imagination … – Caught By The River
… Trish's voice provided these songs' emotional gravitational pull. On Lunch Hour Pops and Colour Me In, she sounded like you imagined Alice might have done just as the point where she realizes she may never make it out of Wonderland. – The Spectator
Like the sunrise of summer, Keenan’s glow filled the minds of all who came in contact with such profound exhilaration, combining an essence of bohemian bliss with sensitive lulling perfection. – Fused Magazine
She was fiercely proud of her Midlands working-class roots, had strong opinions and could be forthright in presenting them, but she was so unaffected and egoless that it's no surprise she didn't mention Broadcast in our discussions. – Søunds Frøm The Fløørshøw
And there amidst the psychedelic maelstrom, stood Trish Keenan like a priestess in a white vintage robe. The music was cold, smooth, glacial, intricate frost-patterns of electronics, crackling with distortion like elemental slabs of submerged ice. But Keenan’s voice was warm, inviting, soothing, her tone pure, clean, slightly folky, as familiar as your mother’s voice, as welcome as the reassuring tones of the prerecorded train lady announcing your stop, followed by the swish of opening doors. – Bang The Bore
And there amidst the psychedelic maelstrom, stood Trish Keenan like a priestess in a white vintage robe. The music was cold, smooth, glacial, intricate frost-patterns of electronics, crackling with distortion like elemental slabs of submerged ice. But Keenan’s voice … – Bang The Bore
Trish's deceptively cool, precise voice, whose restraint makes its underlying passion all the more acutely felt, is an unrivalled balm for loneliness and one of the most beautiful and distinctive sounds in contemporary music. – The Outer Church
Trish was one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people I knew - we'd chat about films or music and a day or so later a mini disk or CD or DVD would arrive in the post. I swear that if Trish wasn't recording or writing or playing gigs then she would be spending the rest of her time making compilations for people - eager to share a new inspiration. – ArtRocker
Trish was one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people I knew - we'd chat about films or music and a day or so later a mini disk or CD or DVD would arrive in the post. I swear that if Trish wasn't recording or writing or playing gigs then she would be spending the rest of her time making … – ArtRocker
… Keenan's voice was one of the richest things Broadcast had going for them. It’s like an anchor: No matter how spare, abstracted, or foggy the music ever got — even to the point where it was just geometric sound-shapes floating by in the background — there was this still, methodical voice in the center, peering out at you. – Vulture
… Keenan's voice was one of the richest things Broadcast had going for them. It’s like an anchor: No matter how spare, abstracted, or foggy the music ever got — even to the point where it was just geometric sound-shapes floating by in the background — there was this still, methodical voice … – Vulture
She was an artist and channeller of the authentic British strangeness, a medium singing the glossolalia of radiophonic culture. – Warren Ellis
While Keenan's mind may have been obsessed with apophenia — finding significance in insignificant things — her voice was blessed with the one trait humans can't help but appreciate: natural beauty. She was an ambassador between the parallel worlds of what happened and what might have been. – NPR
… an unassuming creator of dreamy other worlds … – Pitchfork
Broadcast were without doubt one of the last decade's most interesting British bands, & Trish one of our finest singers …
– I Love Total Destruction
… Broadcast created 3-minute pop collages blending past ideas of the future with present ideas of the past. Lilting, breezy melodies mixed with harsh electronics and gentle acoustic instrumentation to form something wholly original … – Frontier Psychiatrist
Keenan was as adept at using archaic machines to manipulate electronic sound as she was delivering her own dream-like lyrics … – The Arts Desk
Many alternative electronic pop outfits that sport similar set ups, equipment and the like, often suffer from being whimsical, cold or inert. Broadcast were none of these things. Full of mythos and allure, their songs were performed with enticing detachment. – NME
Keenan had one of the most distinctive voices in modern music and was a visionary thinker with a vast appetite for discovering new inspirations. – The Guardian
Broadcast have shaped the way I listen to music and also the way I see films. So many unexpected influences all came together into a world that was Broadcast's, but still open for us to feed from. – Peter Strickland
… I was too transfixed to care about their setlist, the crowd around me, everything other than Trish Keenan's hypnotic stage presence. Dressed in a long white gown, she had a piercing stare across the crowd as various film and video loops projected on to her body, obscuring where she began and the artifical images ended. – Jason Ryan
While sculpting intricate, enthralling soundscapes, she never lost a sense of wonder and magic. Her compositions were filled with dazzling revelations, as well as innumerable thoughts, feelings and sounds to ponder. – Pop Culture Classics
… her authority over the strange narratives that she honed through creative writing classes and automatic writing techniques is experienced as a desire to communicate clearly what is worth sharing. – Tiny Mix Tapes
Often I'd be on stage and look round at her singing and be overwhelmed at just how brilliant she was. – Tim Felton