Here's the thing: Therapy? albums are not all the same. Some – like the epic Troublegum – are screaming, rabid beasts that go straight for the jugular. Some – like the experimental Crooked Timber – are curious diversions into surreal, alien territory. They can even do something that sounds suspiciously like good, commercial bordering-on-pop, hey-I-can-see-myself-singing-this-as-I-drive-to-work CATCHY SONGS.

Shock! Horror! A generation of thrash metal nihilistic Goth-rock disciples turn up their pointy white noses in disgust. But wait. HERE'S the thing: When Therapy? does stuff like this they do it SO MUCH better than the mild cheese mainstream/MOR/softcore acts that claim the monopoly on acoustic melodic music. It's as if the boys are saying: You want to make songs that get inside you, make you feel good, make you want to tap your foot, smile, even? OK, toe rags, THIS is how it's done! Everything you have been trying to do PLUS genuine energy, character, originality, complex quality sound. It DOES work.

High Anxiety explodes from the first instant with 'Hey Satan – You Rock'; a slice of muscular perfection that ticks all the right hard, fast rock boxes. 'If It Kills Me' has a real classic sound to it that blasts its way in and shakes everything up with wailing guitar and from-the-bloody-broken-heart lyrics.

Purists can rest easy; it's not all rock-lite by any means. 'Not In My Name' is more familiar fare; a dark, focussed howl of gut-punching defiance. There is no one single sound to this album, they switch from one style to the other and back again almost seamlessly, and the mix offers up more than the sum of its parts.

Great album. As much as I love Therapy? they can be a little hit and miss. This however is a definate hit. My second favourite behind Troublegum. Stop reading this spraff and get it.