Very rare nowadays to be excited about a debut album as most you just come across them by accident or recommendation but Death Of The High Street have been teasing us with excellent singles since 2014.

So here is Bragging About Breaking with ten new tracks and none of the earlier singles.

It's loud, gritty, spiky and ragged in places (possibly deliberate) but then the lyrics grab you and suddenly you notice the melodies and realise this is a bloody fantastic album.

Scott Baxter is a supremely talented lyricist, a sort of northern Ian Dury or a shoutier Justin Sullivan - he is that good. 

the themes are both personal and political - from Monster (an abusive father and the worry of following the same path) to Over Now (a messy break up) and on to Never Going to Get It (justice denied).

The vitriol in Don't Look Into The Sun is palpable:

"And god save the king drowning in his Royal regalia. A palace full of pomp , fat pockets full of c*nts, it's a shame. Black limos pass the poor to make way for the tacky carriage. And they wave and chuckle safe in the bosom of money"

There are some gorgeous walking bass lines as well (the one in Present Deranged is brilliant).

Perhaps the best is left to last where the addition of some cello and female backing vocal add another dash of colour to the palette of Communication's Failed.

A resigned state of the nation address, it's almost a spiritual successor to Del Amitri's 1989 hit Nothing Ever Happens.

I maybe would have like some of those excellent early single to have been included (Exit, Age of Bronze, Mental Wealth) but that's a minor complaint.

Album of the year? Very possibly