It's heartening that a band this eclectic and this original can still appeal to a wide audience. Tired of hanging around? Not for some time to come...  Full text...

Like Mike Skinner, The Zutons have experienced the heady rush of success, and it has changed them. But unlike The Streets' sourly hedonistic The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, with its account of Skinner's descent into indulgence and disillusion, Tired of Hanging Around presents a band transformed in mostly positive ways.  Full text...

Second effort from the Scouse oddities who everybody just can't help lovin'Second effort from the Scouse oddities who everybody just can't help lovin'  Full text...

This time, they're going to be someone's favourite. Why not yours, you miserable old bugger?  Full text...

Tired of Hanging Around's nostalgic hit machine hits the wall of diminishing returns.  Full text...

Midway between Robbie Williams' megaphone confessionals and the oddball insinuations of the Beautiful South's Paul Heaton, David McCabe sounds a troubled soul, expressing frustration and dyspepsia in cleverly written kitchen-sink fantasies.  Full text...

The Zutons seem capable of fabulous music to match. For now, they're playing safer than they should.   Full text...