Callum Easter

★★★ System MOSHI MOSHI. CD/DL/LP

Pro footballer-turnedpoliticised lo-fi evangelist makes debut album proper.

“I keep thinking of the hearts of men/I keep thinking how to start again”, sings Leith, Edinburgh-raised Callum Easter on state-of-our-nations address What You Think?. A one-man band using cheap keys and beatboxes to craft galvanising anthems on loveably shaky foundations, he brings charisma, positivity, heart and wit to succinct, hooky songs with shades of The Stooges, T.Rex and Primal Scream circa

Screamadelica. There’s a Tony Visconti-raids-thrift-store choogle to Little Honey, while the Alex Harvey-with-a-Portastudio vibe of Find ’Em A Home and shards of cranked harmonica that cut through the dubby, Weatherall-remix feel of This Feeling mark Easter out as an insubordinate individual of taste. Best of all is the call to arms title track, a budget-gospel floor-filler if ever there was.