Scourge of parents, championed by 'parental guidance sticker' employees' trade unions for their potty-mouthed ways, but most notably notorious for their decibel-increasing, ear-drum splitting live shows with which they've built up an impressive army of fans.

Commencing with a scuzzy backroom lone vocal and gentle accompaniment of angry guitars chomp at the bit, aching to explode in to life as they slowly claw their way from the gutter to be joined by the stop/start backing and ultimately work in a neat union with the percussion to raise the level of antagonising effect with a compelling force propelling forward.

For all of those souls who want to claim that rock many be dead, this should serve to shake the cobwebs from their ears - jumping around yet retaining the fire-brand style helps 'The Awesome Magnet' retain the interest levels throughout and at a little short of six minutes this isn't a track best savoured in a hurry.

Trapped in a recording studio TFT lose some of the mesmerising appeal which their live shows deliver, as the reigns of restriction hold them back, they shrug them off just enough to give a capable example of what lurks beneath waiting to be discovered. Whilst the addition of unconventional vocal tone from Giles Bailey, a singer unlikely to win the next rounds of X-Factor trials, merely enhances the appeal in a genre packed with not-quite-singers taking lead; while the vocals and changing delivery will irritate as many, if not more, than they appeal to this is a track to be turned up loud as you release all of those inner voices telling you not to and launch into full on head banging furore.

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