'Dream Catch Me'. You know, there isn't, necessarily, anything wrong with being almost solely associated with one song. So long as it's a good one. High art it was not, but Newton Faulkner's big success story is such a song: infectious and catchy, simple in theme but inclusive and memorable. Add to that the fact that it's always nice when, chart success-wise, a guy with huge dreadlocks and an acoustic guitar can keep pace with the dance, electropop and R&B stars of this world. For all this, Faulkner doesn't come off too badly in my mind.One song does not earn you a lifetime in my good books, though. Faulkner needed to at least put in a respectable effort with this second album (yes, 'Dream Catch Me was on an album, it was called Hand Built By Robots, now that you mention it). As my introduction gave away, he has just about managed to pull that feat off. Rebuilt By Humans is a decent, but never spectacular album. Listening to it is to absorb a few key truisms. First, the main songs will be book-ended by acoustic guitar instrumental interludes; these will be vaguely pleasant, but also completely forgettable and nothingy. Secondly, the songs themselves will all be pretty and slickly produced acousti-pop confections - much of their appeal stems simply from how impressively efficient they are, with just enough variety in pace, instrumentation, tone and style. Thirdly, the lyrics will be all over the shop. Pick out a random line and it's likely to be unremarkable, but too many will be out-and-out clangers and one or two approach some kind of insight.The sum total of all this is that these songs are never high-concept, particularly clever or even memorable, but they all satisfy and entertain while they last, which admittedly is not an easy thing to craft. 'Badman', the opening proper song, is the album in microcosm. It's meant to be a compartmentalised, concise call for escapism, a call to arms to value love over money, over booze, over anything. Its words are too often empty platitudes, its music never that inspiring, but it's good enough fun.

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