the debut album from brakes who consist of tom and alex white from electric soft parade, eamon from british sea power and marc from the tenderfoot. they might make music for fun / friendship but they have without doubt recorded one of the albums of the year. the entire album is over in 28 minutes with the shortest track just 10 seconds long. it is a satisfying melange of country, soul, noise, wire in 77 and madness recorded in 5 days, live to 2" tape. it has energy, passion, anger, songs that demand repeat plays instantly, political yet humourous lyrics. quite simply, this is stunning. guests include the pipettes, liela from duke spirit (on a cover of 'jackson') and matt of actress hands.