James Arden checks out the garage rockers latest album.
The Christian rock band from Brighton bring religion to the masses.
Recipe for modern R'n'B album: liberal helpings of guest rappers and an overdose of sexual euphemisms.
We're always right behind you, insist the Zutons rather creepily, in this their newest single. With the relentless cheer of a well meaning but sinister GP, they roughly inject you with their psychedelic summer tonic. The fizzing cocktail of prescription guitars and sax with jaunty sing-a-long chorus is a treatment plan tailored for sunny weather and festival fun. It's a shame the forced jollity has all the subtlety of a brick in a sock.
Rachel Gilmour
Beginning with a strong dose of adrenaline, the piano riff around which the whole track is built has you bracing yourself for a dramatic episode, nonsense lyrics adding to the wild excitement while leaving part of you, as if mid post-procedural come around, in a daze of blissful morphine-induced confusion. However, this turns out to be a more routine procedure than the intro would have you believe. While the Fratellis undeniably retain their knack for putting together an energetic hook, Mistress Mabel fails to scar or to satisfy, leaving me essentially indifferent.
Anna Goldbeck Wood
Typically tranquilising, Gained The World is so obviously Morcheeba. Spanish guitars and timely string-section injections ensure a relaxing and ambient, if emotionally numb atmosphere in classic Morcheeba style. Hard to say if the song is particularly great as a single release - Morcheeba albums are great chillout material but i don't really see the point of this 3 minute song as a stand-alone. If you are a fan buy the album though because this song stands it in good stead.
Ben Pahari
This heart-pumping chest shock from the JJJ ought to be enough to snap you temporarily from your revision induced coma. A cool guitar riff, meaningless mouthable lyrics and a novel band name will undoubtedly be enough to book Where Do You Go? into a slot on indie-room playlists for the next month or so and ensures that Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong's prognosis remains healthy in the world of trendy indie.
Ben Pahari
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