Flea Market Poets - 'Dirty Days'

Label: Lemontree Records

While they may be a multi-national outfit (America, Ireland and Germany), Flea Market Poets are steeped in a brand of earnest guitar rock that evokes memories of the US college radio bands of the ’80s and early ’90s. The infectious piano hook on the title track and the Buck-flavoured riffs of ‘Captain Nate’ and ‘Indie Rock Imperative’ reflect a sweaty club apprenticeship that has served the band as well as it did their predecessors. A seasoned and warm collection.

7/10

Download: ‘Dirty Days’, ‘Indie Rock Imperative’, ‘Black Heart’.

For Fans Of: Live, REM, Tragically Hip