Much more upbeat than anything from the band's "Dog Man Star" era, this single - although similar in subject matter to "We Are The Pigs" - is musically much closer to the superb glittering singles that Suede debuted with. Effective production means you can hear the fact that the band are now a five-piece; this is stirring, glorious stuff.

A rallying cry for the disaffected, alienated and wasted (making it a close cousin to Pulp's "Mis-shapes"), "Trash" sees Suede not jumping on the Britpop bandwagon, but rather ramming into the side of it with a dark-windowed 1970s limousine.

Of the b-sides, "Every Monday Morning Comes" is another infectious, cheeks-sucked-in marvel, whereas "Europe Is Our Playground" and "Have You Ever Been This Low?" are effects-laden, slow and majestic. "Another No-one" in particular is a morose, cinematic and moving piece of brilliance.

Rating: 10/10

The fast-paced swamp-stomp of "Tar Moochers" is next, and is another slice of Hersh's unique imagination, directed against some anonymous unfortunate lover ("kissing you is like kissing gravel", "you look better upside down"). "Serene Swing", track number three, is an off-kilter stream-of-consciousness song, typical Throwing Muses - but a little obtuse. Marathon closing track "Limbobo" features a crunching bass riff over which Hersh sings absent-mindedly as the guitars and drums slwoly edge her out.

A classic US alternative band, Throwing Muses are essential: never predictable, and with "Shark" they are in possession of a Great White killer of a single.

Rating: 9/10

I've always thought Dodgy excel at fast-paced, joyous three-minute slices of indie-pop: the ten-minute meandering prog-rock "Speaking In Tongues" on the b-side is therefore not greatly to my taste. "Lovebirds On Katovit", the third song on the CD is better: a rhythmic street-party of an instrumental, but the marks for this are almost entirely due to the infectious main track.

Rating: 9/10