Glasvegas

On first play, this means you can't help but compare the young Glasgow quartet to all that have come before, including Echo and the Bunnymen, the Doves and, especially when the guitars seem to mimic bagpipes, Big Country.

But after a few more plays, some of the hype surrounding Glasvegas is understandable.

Singer James Allen hits all the right notes and subject matter. He paints a picture of Glasgow's rough set: broken homes, knife fights and social workers.

It's dark in Allen's world, but it's hard to pull yourself away.

The band's influences include rockabilly and doo wop, but used semi-ironically like Roxy Music's first albums.

They're not shy in wearing other influences. Flowers & Football Tops includes an excerpt of You Are My Sunshine, while Stabbed is sung like a eulogy over Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

At first it jars, but eventually you are seduced.