Django Django: Django Django

BEGONE, INDIE-IS-DEAD doom-mongers! As east London-based, Edinburgh-formed four-piece Django Django prove on this thrilling debut long-play platter, there's life in the old dogged-by-disdain genre yet. Smart but not showy, clever but never at the expense of a catchy hook, this is "indie" par excellence: guitars that ring through the mix like a clarion call from the inspired to take up arms against the dunderheaded legions of lad-rockers; buzzing synths that swirl around like a cloud of friendly wasps; lyrics delivered in mantras, summoning forth similar sermons to those once purveyed by the mighty Beta Band.