Trad rock tropes abound on Scarlet Rebels' Where The Colours Meet

Having breached the Top 10 of the UK album chart with their second album, See Through Blue , Llanelli quintet Scarlet Rebels make no bones about going straight for the FM-rock jugular on this follow-up – even if there isn’t a lot of FM around to air their arena-friendly choruses these days.

Trad-rock tropes abound from the moment Secret Drug starts by renting out AC/DC ’s thumping rhythm section and borrowing a big fat Def Leppard chorus.

Streets Of Fire has a 1985 feel to it that will press potent nostalgic buttons, and the title track even includes a key change.

We also get the obligatory pace-changing ballad as Elles Bailey duets on Out Of Time , but the band would perhaps be wise to keep one foot on the accelerator while their eye is on the pop-rock prize, as the adrenalised My House My Rules suggests they don’t need to court us with choruses the whole time in order to thrill.