Of course, we'd much rather the airwaves be flooded with winsome, literate folkies than anoydone boy bands, especially if they're as good as Mr Pistolet. The title track skiffles along like a runaway train, enlivened by some almost ridiculously sweet lines ("I'd play with your hair, I'd suggest what to wear, and I'd paint a smile where it belongs"). It'd be cloying in the hands of someone less talented, but Young pulls it off.

Bags Of Gold seems to be of a more serious mind, with lines such as "come on, take a shot for the proletariat" and a chorus featuring an ethereal female vocal, while Hooked Up On Us is a mournful lament for the recently dumped, with some more blissfully romantic lines. Finally, the bittersweet strum of Always On My Way Back Home rounds things off nicely.

Anyone currently in love will have this EP as their soundtrack for the next few weeks, and anyone who's not but can't get enough of this new strain of folk music will find much to get excited by as well. Very, very promising.

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