Some things never change. The earth could crumble and fall into the sea, Ocean Colour Scene and all of their fans could contract a deadly strain of flu, and a flash flood through Westminster could wipe out the powers that be, but still there would be James.

Standing tall as testament to all that�s bloody marvelous about floppy fringed indie, rock star poses and dancing like you�re on fire with a monkey on your back, in a perfect world James would never go away. This album may span a career lasting the best part of decade, but if you didn�t know any better you wouldn�t be able to tell yesterday�s hits from today�s. As much of a rarity as it may be, they�ve stayed true to themselves for their duration.

And what�s so bloody great about them then? Absolutely everything, that�s all. Everybody else, sit down.