Guitar-driven proto-indie from these Madchester godfathers, all jangle and swirl and longing in the singing, with ample copping of REM's vanguard moves, but with more of a beat, more noise, think My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus and Mary Chain with a dollop of restraint.
Its an album built on the back of dark, synthy, 80's post-punk, but taken to new, brighter places, strangely prescient with regards to shoegaze and buzzy indie rockers like The Dismemberment Plan. At times its undeniably joyous, especially that last track. No wonder all those kids wanted to take molly (sorry, mandy) and rock out 3.5/5
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