Another week, another post-Britpop influenced artist releasing their “highly anticipated debut album”. But wait, come back, this is actually quite good. As Autokat hail from up north, i.e. Manchester, you can probably already guess where the influences are going to come from and you’d be right. There’s hints of early Oasis, Stone Roses and Marion all interwoven to create a surprisingly rich tapestry of music. Dish Out chimes and jangles it’s way through four minutes with ease bringing to mind The La’s whilst Dealy is a delicately produced instrumental which has more in common with current Manchester favourites The Longcut or Working For A Nuclear Free City.

What lets this album down though is it’s quality control. Not everything aims as high as it should and this really pulls the album down. Uber Patriot is a rather dull and meandering attempt at some kind of post-rock but just comes off as too boring to listen to and Seven Years is really just Shed Seven under another name.

In the end though what sets this appart from the other batch of 90’s influenced bands, is that the album is not that easy to pigeon hole. They’ve attempted to diversify and create something a little different. There’s enough imagination here to see beyond the easy route and this isn’t a glorified tribute album, some thought has gone into actually creating an individual entity and have managed to crafting some quality tunes in the process. Worthy of investigation.