The Grates – Science Is Golden (Polydor)

Caused a bit of a stir earlier this year with the debut album ‘Gravity won’t get you high’, Australians answer to Be Your Own Pet but thankfully better,

Science Is Golden does the trick as album filler (and as a vaguely humorous bit of word play)  but falls a little flat in terms of having the grab factor for a single. Pitched somewhere between post punk and indie rock, their use of harmonise to prop up a lack of melody seems pointless especially when there are at least 3 other more worthy potential singles on the album. It doesn’t quite know what it is, unlike the brilliant previous release 19-20-20 that grabbed you by the balls, this kind of just toys with them for a bit before getting tired.

Now there’s a nice image.

6/10

James Heward