WHO says alternative rock is dead?

This album leans much more to the Melodic side of Rock but The Pineapple Thief can still crank it out when necessary.

Incredibly Magnolia is the tenth outing from this four-piece from (even more surprisingly) Yeovil and has more melodies than Southampton has roadworks.

The Marshall stacks roar into action when needed, but this is no dumb-ass rock fest. In fact once the blister of the opening two tracks are out of the way, this record becomes a much more delicate, emotionally fraught affair.

Don’t Tell Me starts with a delicate synth intro before morphing into an aching ode to a fear of losing love backed by a string section Mansun would have attacked a grey lantern for.

This is an album of contrasts, initially having the rock leanings of Smashing Pumpkins, before indulging in the intricate melodies of Radiohead (circa OK Computer), the harmonising of Feeder and the forlorn vocals of a broken man.

There is even a trumpet straight out of a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western on Bond. This is an album drenched in the raw emotion of loss and fear of loneliness, the power of which is channelled into a mixture of glorious sparse introspection and Indie-Rock anthems.

8/10