Reviewed by Peter Bate

Straight-ahead earnest rock is all the rage at the mo, and the pc3 (as they like to be known) are not ones to stare a gift horse in the mouth. Following in the slipsteam of Semisonic, Jimmy Eat World and co, Australia's Paul Colman offers a spiritual slant to the genre on his group's major label debut. Openers "Turn" and "Run" are terrific rushes of guitar-pop adrenalin, Colman urging the church/world to "turn this life around" before it's too late. But, despite the catchy worship track "Fill My Cup", things sag a bit in the middle - the band clutching at the MOR safety net a bit too eagerly. Patience rewards, though, as the angsty "Selfish Song" is just around the corner, preparing the way for album highlight "I Dream", a wide-eyed vision of end-time angelic splendour that U2 would be proud of.


Peter Bate, a newspaper reporter hailing from Staffordshire, supports West Ham and enjoys The Vigilantes Of Love and all things alt country.

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