Starsailor's propensity to take the latter route means that they are loved and spurned in equal measure - making them whipping boys in some of the more burly corners of the British press, who deem them to be little more than a bunch of insipid bed-wetters in need of a good steak dinner.

But any band that take on the gun-totin' talents of addled producer Phil 'Sleigh Bells' Spector - before sending him home after two songs to do it themselves - clearly believe they can handle their own.

And indeed they do, with this follow-up to their million-selling debut, Love Is Here, full of stately pop that occasionally hits regal highs.

The guitar and string-laden dynamics may be familiar, but their delivery is pretty much spot on. James Walsh's voice - a curious combination of Ian McCulloch and David Gray - manages to get away with lines such as 'You don't even know me, so why do you hate me?' and Four To The Floor is probably the most beefed-up thing they've ever put their name to.