If a support slot for Oasis isn’t enough to get you noticed then I don’t know what is. A thick British accent, outlawish pop sensibilities and a front-man who likes to steal the limelight and make a bit of an arse of himself - you have Reverend & The Makers.

Their second album, A French Kiss in the Chaos, doesn’t really have much French kissed inspired romanticism, and doesn’t really command chaos to ensue upon a listen to the record. It does deliver some catchy, horn-laced, over-produced and at times danceable tracks.

Silence is Talking is the hugely popular first release from the Sheffield lads and has a few catchy hooks, grandiose in terms of the brass section featured and is a good ol’ pop song.

Hidden Pleasures musically reveals the relationship this band has with Alex Turner of Artic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets fame, the bass riff, the melody, the tinkering chimes all scream Turner’s trademark elements.

Long, Long Time tones things down a little and gets all acoustic, with vocals that echo, rise and fall, the English accent as thick as ever and reminiscent a little of an Oasis tune in the way the song is constructed and delivered.

To be honest, I found myself getting bored and wanting to skip through the tracks, they got a little repetitive at times which I think is due to the onslaught of Britpop that has bombarded our ears in the last few years. Seems Reverend & the Makers are a little behind the 8-ball.

Despite this criticism, I do believe that there does lie a market for the band in Australia, they do have some really great tunes which stand alone and will give them some hits. Manifesto/ the people shapers largely comes to mind as a favourite on the album – it builds really effectively with the repetitive bass line, distorted guitar, keys and marching-drum beats. Quite long at over five minutes- the song sounds like two or three in one which I really appreciate.

I am in awe of beautiful lyricism and this is something that this album really lacks, maybe if the lyrics were stronger and stirred up some form of emotion or connection to the tunes the tracks could have held more weight, alas for me the combination of un-original sounding tunes and average-at-best lyrics make this an album I can live without.

- Jess Hall