Found Factorycraft VINYL LP

This debut album for Chemikal Underground, after a couple for the Surface Pressure and Fence labels, showcases music which is neither wilfully obscurantist nor ironically poppy, but full of smart yet heartfelt indie-rock built to alternately quicken your pulse and wrong-foot your brain.

You know you’re in the presence of a band a touch more cerebral than the average when the second song is entitled I’ll Wake With a Seismic Head No More, but it’s the earthy appeal of cavernous guitar and brooding bass, reminiscent of early Cure albums, that reels you in. Yet as that title suggests, there’s always a sense of mischief, and it repeatedly meanders off on tangents, before concluding, "I only ever wanted to put my tongue in your dimples."