Reviewed by Lins Honeyman

Glasgow rockers Superhero have been plying their trade for well over a decade now and this is the latest in a long line of quality releases thanks to the impressive songwriting skills of lead vocalist Tim Cheshire and an intuitively tight performance from his band. With a delightfully edgy tone to their current sound not to mention a fantastic vocal delivery from Cheshire, Superhero stomp, holler and rock their way through 10 accomplished tracks that could easily see them compete with mainstream counterparts such as Scouting For Girls and Keane without sacrificing the underlying Christian thinking that cleverly forms the basis for most of their songs. For instance, anthemic "Children Of The New Generation", the title track and the joyously sanctified tubthumper "Troubles" all point towards Biblical principles whilst "OMG" sees Cheshire take a blasphemous abbreviation and turn it into a poignant tale of transition from non-belief to a willingness to trust in God during desperate times. Cheshire and crew even have time to reference 1950s science fiction (and admittedly the heavier topic of tolerance) in "Let's Kill Klaatu" to round off a rollercoaster of an album that, like the band itself, gets better and better with every listen.

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