The tunes are good and the lyrics are good to shout along with

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is off the second album. i think you mean the singles off the third album. in which case i agree, i think they've all been really good

in reflection of following this band when i was 16 is:

1st album (s/t) - amazing raw pop songs, nothing too heavy, really simple indie with a garage type feel to it. takes a while longer to warm to it than the others, but once it hooks you, that's it, you'll like it forever.

2nd album (the new fellas) - more commercial pop songs, they mastered writing things for a wider audience. and somewhat relevant for younger people ("when i'm drunk i can be an asshole, that don't mean i've got no class no"), NOT amazingly groundbreaking lyrics but fun. these also get played much easier in a club. it was better produced (obviously) and lost a little of the more garage-y feeling, but made up for it in pop.

3rd album (men's needs, women's needs, whatever) - NOW this is a lot lot more commercial and it sounds it. again better produced than the last 2, and the sounds are louder, the guitar riffs a little bit more epic, they were very ambitious. a couple of the tracks are really quiet, but personally i find them quite pretentious. these songs will hook you far quicker than the other 2 albums but they've been played to death and they lose their appeal very quickly. again, played in clubs a lot. i forget the amount of times i've heard "men's needs", but maybe that's just me.

to conclude:
first album best, but less accessible
second album, better pop songs, but more to the mainstream
third album, more epic and massively overplayed to the extent it loses it's appeal.

and they've got a couple of decent tunes.

But, for me, they're just another band that have somehow managed to slip through the meat and potato rock net, like Razorlight, The Kooks and Joe cocking Lean and his merry band.

On the NME awards, the guys voice was awful.

that choose not to wear Burberry and Stone Island. A few good songs, but certainly nothing worth getting a wet crotch over.

They write short catchy guitar/pop songs which a lot of people happen to relate to....
To me they still sound like a breath of fresh air 4-5 years after first coming on the scene...

I have the first two albums.

'Another Number' is great.

good rant