On the stereo...

Closer An Electric Moment (closerscotland.bandcamp.com) In 2004, grunge had just about run out of steam - hardly surprising given that its figurehead died 10 years before. Despite this, many bands continued to fly the plaid flag, including Closer – three young, enthusiastic musicians who released their debut album ‘Rules For A Normal Life’ to some minor acclaim. However, it’s taken them 10 years to force out the follow-up, and... you know what? Maybe it’s down to what’s come in the past decade – X Factor, autotune, manufactured pop and similarly cliched ‘indie’ bandwagon jumpers - but ‘An Electric Moment’ sounds surprisingly fresh – even if it is evoking the legacy of all things Seattle. To be fair, opener ‘EMSC’ channels the (also recently-reformed) Placebo, and ‘Seemless’ would fit nicely beside now-contemporaries Twin Atlantic, but in all Closer might be set to kick off the next grunge revival.