It's not that the tunes on their debut album are simple, just charmingly catchy - not least twitchy opener Nazanin and The Photos on My Wall, a riot of handclaps and candy-cute melody.  Full text...

Sparse and precise, this record never noodles around, but rushes breathlessly on with head-spinning excitement.  Full text...

A mostly pleasing collection of lovelorn songs that trade on snappy guitar riffs and punky vocals.  Full text...

Good Shoes give us plenty of potential iPod-commercial fodder here.  Full text...

So although very easy and enjoyable to listen to the songs do have something to say in a snappy, indie-pop way that they have made their own style.  Full text...

Spiky guitars? Check. Tight, metronomic drumming? Check. Leafy London accent? What d'you reckon? Musically, Think Before You Speak is Wire's Pink Flag as aped by The TV Personalities; scorned, bored boy sentiment rising like steam from the busy cogs of efficient guitar work and an ice-pick rhythm section.  Full text...

Think Before You Speak is hardly an album for everyone; the crudest litmus test one might apply to it is to determine just how much appeal a Futureheads record might have if all the glossy technical theatricality had been surgically excised.  Full text...

Pathos. It's not just a mythical Greek warrior, it's what makes Think Before You Speak far, far better than you might initially think. Certainly far better than that godawful name would suggest.   Full text...

Yet more angular late-teens art-rockers struggle to find themselves on too soon debut.  Full text...