(en) Phil Graham, Music, Management, Marketing, and Law : Interviews Across the Music Business Value Chain, Springer, (ISBN978-3030021429, lire en ligne), p. 77.
(en) Lewis, Luke, « Release The Bats - It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks », : « 7. The Birthday Party – Release The Bats. Knuckle-dragging drums. Sickening, scything distortion. Barely comprehensible vocals in the Vic Reeves 'club style': here was a compelling sonic template for goth's lunatic fringe. Most gothic moment: Nick Cave's blood-curdling shriek: "Whooaaargh! BITE!" It was a story about vampire sex was promoted by an advert with the words "Dirtiness is next to antigodliness". »