Less Oasis-by-numbers than "Old Before I Die", "Lazy Days" owes more to Suede or Bowie than the Manc eyebrow twins. A slow burner of a track with a big anthemic and glam chorus, the track is typical long summer evening fare, perfect for slamming in the tape machine as the sun casts big long shadows on the grass and your drug of choice begins to kick in (lager, in my case...I'm a good boy, me). And if you can't see past the fact that old Robbie used to be in - shock - a Boy Band, then that's your problem: you're missing a damn fine single here.

First b-side is "She Makes Me High" (must be talking about lager again), the sound of Ben Folds Five cutting a frug with the Longpigs as our Rob bounces around like some indie version of Mr Blobby. Last up is a cover of the Cole Porter classic "Every Time We Say Goodbye", a reverent piano-backed torch song take that should please the ex-That fans, with Robbie coming over all passionate and romantic (and sounding a little too much like Alison Moyet...)

Rating: 8/10

A mix of the a-side follows (with all the sweary words left in), then comes "Tha Crossroads", a mellow track with more words per minute than beats. Last here is "1st Of Tha Month", a nice half-rapped half-sung number about the joys of payday...

Rating: 7/10

"Comedienne" is next, which tries very hard to be like Pavement but doesn't come close (guess that makes it Middle Of The Road then. Ha ha.) Last is "I Want You Around (4 Track Demo)", in which the Fountains try to copy REM to see if they're any better at that. They're not.

Rating: 3/10