The Liverpudlian outfit who first piqued RW’s interest with ‘Waste’ are here with their 11-track debut album ‘Fear Life for a Lifetime’. Championed by tastemakers such as NME, BBC Radio 1, Rolling Stone and Dork, they’ve been a band pushing forward for some time now.

The record opens with a self-titled monologue-meets-skit, where frontman Fin Power makes his opening gambit in showcasing he has the name and the accompanying nature; he’s on fire throughout. The pacy indie of ‘My Thoughts Go’ sets the tempo for the majority of what ensues, and it reveals that, while I originally thought they were more of a punk quad, they actually deliver an old-school indie-rock vibe.

That said, if you’re here for the punchiness, ‘Queen’ strikes with some electro synths and shifts the gear into an upbeat, weekend-ready mode. Another uptempo belter follows in ‘Roses’ and a much punkier style is present on ‘Train’, which I’d probably posit is my favourite by this point. Skipping ahead a touch, the bombastic, riotous ‘Save Me’ would get any eager listener running to their rescue, too. What’s more, the electronic sensibilities of rocky ‘Never Gonna Die’ invite you to imagine it being played noisily and brilliantly on the festival circuit. Unsure if they’ve done so, but after catching an old set of theirs at Live at Leeds: In the Park, I could envisage it!

There are softer offerings amid the fun; the gorgeous finger-picked strings that ring in ‘Say It Loud’ aren’t to be quibbled at, while ‘Sold My Soul’ has a playfulness ahead of the vastly more reflective, wistful penultimate tune, ‘Hotel’. STONE then fade out with ‘Save Yourself’, an all-acoustic finale that rounds off their first full album in a steady fashion.

If you only download one track, let it be: ‘Train’

*With thanks to Chuff Media for the exclusive early access to the album.