Charlie Simpson's older, yes, older brother making a good noise here.

I was hessitant to buy this album. I couldn't decide if I would like them that much, but after hearing them on Kerrang a few times, noticing that, unsuprisingly, they have a quite similar sound to Fightstar, I took the plunge.

Apparently, it's a good album! No, really! You can hear the relation to Charlie too if, like me, you love Charlie's voice (especially in the second track!).

Overall, this is a good rock/metal album, well worth the money.

For fans of : Fightstar, Madina Lake, Placebo
Best Track : Pilot

Like most new bands that I take a fancy to, the second album tends to disappoint. My initial attraction to their sound or groove is either stripped away, or worse still, left mundanely similar to their first effort.

Brigade don't fall into either trap and follow up what was a good first album with an absolute stonker of a second.

Whilst the album kicks off with a hard, riff based "What you are waiting for", it regularly flirts between the harder rock of "Slow Dives & Alibis" and the slightly more pop-accessible "Stunning", ironically probably the weakest track on the album, probably because I hate suggestions of good rock bands bowing to produce more listenable, simplistic tracks like this.

The British music scene desperately needs a new host of rock and metal bands to replace the dross of female solo artists and Coldplay-copies that have saturated our charts.

Brigade, march on!

The album was given to me by a friend that had bought it and wasn't impressed, needless to say I didn't expect much from it. So imagine my initial shock of the opening track 'What Are You Waiting For?' actually being pretty darn amazing, and it didn't stop there. I think the albums quite decent myself and boasts some pretty amazing tracks.

Note to self: Tell friend she is a fool!