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(. See what I mean? It's even got CREDITS!)

Of course, this level of widescreen sonic hugeness is not unknown in modern rockular music, even from non-actors. In fact, it's surprising what a good job of becoming U2 this lot are doing: Better than U2 are, in fact.

You get the sense, from listening, that something MASSIVELY IMPORTANT is going on, something that Jared needs to HOWL AT THE BLAZING SKY about. He is so good at this that he often makes me think of a man with a flip-top head, hinged just behind the ears. His high notes are there to speak for every one of us who has found themselves needing to express an emotion which combines total FRUSTRATION with NOSTALGIA FOR THE BEST OF DAYS.

We've all been there, right? You sleep in, you spill a hot drink on your trousers, you pause to wipe toothpaste off your jumper, the cloth has jam on it, and you can't find your keys. You're sure that you used to be less bothered about such things, and you wish those times were with you still. What else is there to do but BELLOW?

This song is therefore best saved for moments when you need to feel heroic. It is also docked one star for having a pompous video, and because there are times when it sounds like the Twang having a steroid strop.

Download: Out now
CD Released: November 30th

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(Fraser McAlpine)