The Faintest Ideas
What goes up must calm down
Magic Marker

Short and sweet. Or, spastic and speedy. Songs with guitar riffs that race ahead while the singer struggles to keep up with lyrics about sinister hearts and missed phone calls. Most hover around the two-minute mark. The Faintest Ideas (nee Javelins) produce power punk-pop, of the variety more often heard in the hallowed halls of Glasgow than Göteborg. C86 fans will be kicking up their Converse-clad heels at this catchy collection, and even pop princesses like me will love "Nosebleeders on the track". And what about that title? Worth five points alone, I reckon.
- Stacey Shackford