They are the embodiment of the Marlon Brando "could have been a contender" speech. Around 2013-14, they were mega hot on both sides of the Atlantic. Arenas and festival headline slots seemed within their grasp. Then their charismatic frontman Danny Worsop jumped ship in favour of a more traditional rock sound and they produced an absolute stinker of an album with Ukrainian stand in Denis Stoff. Stoff turned out to be a bell end and was unceremoniously booted out of the band. Worsop returned but the momentum (and most of the fanbase) was gone. Instead of building on their promise, they have instead veered towards the classic rock direction that Worsop feels much more comfortable with. “Like a House on Fire” feels false and faked. It is by numbers and comes across as utterly synthetic. This was their everything on red moment. It has come up black. Game over.

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