Teen Dance Ordinance is likely to be the one to "do it" for the UK rock outfit, though whether that success comes on this side of the pond or on the other remains to be seen. There is a very American feel to this, the band's fourth album, thanks to producer Terry Date, whose desk credits include Pantera, Soundgarden and Deftones.

The songs have the fast, furious feel so beloved of US rock acts who can't decide whether to cash in and go down the poppier route, or stick to what they know to be the true path of rock but risk losing the oh-so-sought-after widescale commercial success.

Tracks like Better Off With Him and Someone Else sound like songs any of the current crop of American pop/rock outfits could - and do - churn out, and worst of all there's a near-ballad, Hey, which sounds like the Beach Boys meets Sting, rather painfully.

OK, there are some saving graces, such as the slightly heavier 2nd Coming, but the philosophy seems to be to turn up the raucous pop/rock quota and leave well behind the darker stuff we're used to.