the sherlocks

Phwoar – for their sophomore record this lot bagged the coral’s james skelly to produce and it’s paid off big time in a bigger, bolder and more robust album.

The result was a tighter, brighter, ultra-modern alt-rock record, benefiting from Skelly’s knack for focusing a killer chorus, less indebted to indie rockers of old and smattered with stylistic swerves into new wave, ‘80s textures and all-out feedback freakouts. It’s as Killers, Cars, High Flying Birds and Two Door Cinema Club as it is Catfish. A real 21st Century guitar rock record.