“Nobody else would make a movie with this premise. Nobody else would follow it through to the gaspingly hilarious conclusion it reaches here. Metal Detector Maniac proves once again that there are some benefits to building a body of work in near-total obscurity. Imagine pitching this idea to a studio. Imagine trying to market it to the general public. Think of all the masterpieces we’ve lost because of all that needless bureaucracy.” - Will Sloan
“Free from pretension, Farley has become something of a filmmaking genius. He produces work that isn’t trying to be anything grander or more ambitious than he and his friends collaborating on something they love. Now, a devoted audience loves what they do just as much as they love making it; it’s an ideal symbiosis between creator and fan. By writing about Farley, I’m not attempting to push Motern Media into the mainstream. Rather, I only want to shine a spotlight on the profound, inane beauty that can be created in a place as accessible as one’s own backyard.” - Brianna Zigler
“Farley's business model rests on the sheer bulk of his output, and so does his artistic model. Whatever the dubious value of any individual song in the Farley universe, it's as part of the enormous body of the whole--the magnum opus--that it gains power.” - Brett Martin
“Heard She Got Married is an exciting indication that Farley/Roxburgh’s distinctive style and working method can be harnessed to evoke different moods and textures. Their movies often feel like the work of kids who went to college but never outgrew making backyard movies with friends, and while Heard She Got Married retains this spirit, it’s also their first movie to feel like the work of middle-aged men. Its melancholy tone, slow-burn suspense plot, chilly mise-en-scène, and comically stylized dialogue/acting combine to create a tone and style that deserves the frequently abused term “Lynchian” — but there’s no one term that quite describes what they’ve come up with here.” - Will Sloan
“Matt Farley is a personal hero. A musician, he takes the concept of being a prolific creator to an entirely new (and inspiring) level. And he does it from the comfort of his basement” - Thomas Smith
“I’ll close with this: There are tons of people out there who say they’re going to make movies or write books or whatever, and they don’t. Farley is putting his stuff out there and seems to be a good sport about it. I kind of can’t help but respect him.”
“There’s no shortage of quality musical comedy out there, but there’s no one making silly songs quite like Matt Farley, a.k.a. The Toilet Bowl Cleaners. Farley’s written literally tens of thousands of novelty songs over the last eight years or so, putting them up on all the various musical streaming and download services. He publishes under a variety of assumed names, like The Hungry Food Band and The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man. But The Toilet Bowl Cleaners is easily my favorite, with a smiling, unflinching approach to bodily functions and the messes they make. A friend of mine played them for me on a road trip recently, and at first I was extremely put off. But my friend insisted we keep going, and after around 20 songs about farts, diarrhea, and pee, I was dying. The songs are alternately cheerful, angsty, triumphant, and sad, but all are sung with an unflinching earnestness that slowly makes them a true joy to listen to. You can tell Farley has a lot of fun making these songs, and that’s the real pleasure in listening to them. Not every album is great, but some are, especially Never Gonna Flush Again. Here, the artist takes a long look in the bathroom mirror, Windex in hand, and decides never to write poop songs again, no matter how much fans like me clamor for them.”
“A man in Massachusetts has written 88 songs about specific New Jersey towns. Actually, 88 epically, purposefully terrible songs about New Jersey towns. There are hits like 'Woodbridge is a Heck of a Town' or 'Possibly the Best Song About Union City,' and who could forget 'Isn’t Saddle Brook Great? I Think It Is.'What would inspire such a thing? And did he really just try to rhyme 'Carasaljo' in his song about Lakewood?We had questions. Matt Farley of Motern Media had answers.”