The little known underground scene has been rapt in this feel good, arty, funky band that has been making a fairly unique, although still quite modelled on At the Drive-in, sound. Take opener ‘Kissing is Chaos’ which a beautiful, building intro with guitar sounds swirling in and out of your speakers and some charming vocals; it’s almost like something as whimsical as Minus the Bear.

Although after that the rest of the album takes a far simpler form. Short stabs of music is what most of this album holds, disjointed rhythms with technical drum beats and bass lines which guitars syncopate and correspond to make a really interesting and generally charming sound. This is helped by how timeless this record sounds. It is actually a fairly short album, sitting at 38 minutes, but you get so into it that it feels much longer. It’s something you can just pick up and love straight away; sentimental, if you will.

Jonathan Clancy’s vocals and lyrics is something you’ll pick up on pretty quickly too. They could be described as “Emo” but not at all in an annoying whiney way. They are the perfect supplement to the music, particularly on ‘It Was Bliss’; a sound that involves off beats, handclapping and his strong vocals. What’s also nice about this record, again in a similar vein to Minus the Bear, is the band’s use of short Instrumentals to break up the songs. It’s only a small part of it but it makes the whole thing flow really well.

Annoyingly though, this record does not show off what an exciting band they are live. The production and tempo of the album is generally slower and less interesting to what is you were to see/hear them live but really, there isn’t much not to like about this album. No, it won’t change your life or be overly important, but it will be a sweet piece of music that really you should add to your collection.

Adam Turner-Heffer