THINK LIKE A KEY MUSIC

With The Poppermost, we're reminded of a time where the world shook to the giddy monophonic thud of Merseybeat. This was when Dansettes ruled and desert boots were in style, and an MP3 was Harold Wilson and a couple of his Westminster mates out on the razz down Carnaby Street. Scotland's Joe Kane has gone the whole hog by recording his own music so closely in thrall to his idols that it is authentic and not a pastiche. Hits To Spare is short and sweet, written and laid down just as they used to make 'em. It includes the fab "Can't Take That Away," infectious "Egg and Chips," and the heartfelt "Cry For Another."