Maximo Park (Warp)

Occasionally, Quicken The Heart does what it says on the tin: the arpeggiated organ and crashing drums introducing Tanned, for instance, or the jumpy dynamics of Roller Disco Dreams. For most of its 37-odd minutes, though, the record adds little to a catalogue that had already started to fade by the group’s second album. The juddering guitars promise more than they deliver, but the real problem is the absence of striking songs.

WILL FULFORD-JONES