Reviews
Ranked #10 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "With precise guitars and jagged rhythmic angles, flushed with the arthouse swagger of Talking Heads and XTC...", 5 stars out of 5 - "A dynamic, direct debut from funky, punky junk-shop monkeys who strut, swagger and shrug nonchalantly.", Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Their album is one killer song after another...", Ranked #51 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "A marriage of Britpop and post-punk....It won us over with its exuberance, hauteur and relentless songwriting.", 4 stars out of 5 - "They see things in their own way and the songs feel like they're boiling over, there's so much heat under them.", 4 stars out of 5 - "Utterly unique. Setting them apart is a bizarre military chic, the best basslines since peak New Order....The most ebullient British debut since Elastica.", Ranked #7 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2004" - "Packed with stuttering mechanical riffs and smoking-jacket panache...", Ranked #3 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "This Scottish quartet's debut feels life-altering from first listen..."
