We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
'Quiet Little Voices' simultaneously manages to sound completely chaotic and considerately rueful.

Discovery - LP
While the opening number is simply synth-orientated chart fodder with an R 'n' B twist, second track 'Osaka Loop Line' smacks the listener silly with bombastic synths.

Matt & Kim - Grand
'Grand' is a slapdash genre-hopping affair which has its moments of inspiration but as a whole lacks real focus or cohesion.

The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Opener 'Since We've Been Wrong' kicks things off with an almost inaudible ambience before slipping into a melodic downbeat section that suggests medievalism.

The Brownies - Ourknife Yourback
They set about you with barrels of raw energy and don't let go until the final chord.

The Answering Machine - Another City, Another Sorry
A mature sounding debut with youthful blood pumping chaotically through its veins.

Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
The surprisingly psychedelic instrumental title track closing easily one of the best debut albums this year.

Gossip - Music For Men
They've shifted from the restrictive garage rock template of their previous output to embrace pop, funk, disco and electro on this ambitious project.

Amazing Baby - Rewild
An enormous opening deftly drops into the kind of indie that borrows as much from late 60s California as it does from anywhere else.

Jack Penate - Everything Is New
Sees Jack shed his cor-blimey-guvna shackles in favour of a slightly less offensive blend of world music influences.