The singles sack is a little on the low side this week… must be preparing itself for Glastonbury or something. Anyways, we here at The Line of Best Fit will take our time to listen to these 4 release for you and advise which of them deserve your money.

Let’s start with one that you should stay well away from. Air Traffic and Shooting Star. You know my feelings on these generic Coldplay-esque bands. So I won’t even bother repeating myself. Though, if you drive a mondeo, you’ll probably like this and be impressed with it’s heart-felt lyrics and big guitars.

Something that might also appeal to you is Ash’s comeback single Polaris. It’s got strings. And guitars. It suspiciously sounds like the Manic Street Preachers in places and, whilst I’m not offended by it, the song’s a bit safe, a bit bland. It sounds grand and all, but fails to break out of it’s pedestrian pace and go anywhere of interest. If this is the future for Ash, I’d rather they just gave up now.

Something a bit more uplifting now with a, now all too common, re-release for the Fields and Song for the Fields. A cracking video for this, which you can see here, and the song is one of the highlights from their, slightly disappointing, debut album. This has everything for a classic single - switching acoustic and electric guitars, powerful harmonies and, after its gentle intro, a shock and awe attack on your senses. Great stuff… just seems odd that they’re re-releasing it…

Pick of the week though is Idlewild with A Ghost in the Arcade. It’s great to hear these guys back on song, a classic slice of indie-rock with a weird catchy riff, Roddy’s vocals as strong as ever and one of the many highlights from their back-to-basics new album. Whilst it probably won’t get any radio play, it’s still a whole magnitude better than most of the other shite being release at the moment… Yes, I’m looking at you Twang boys. God I’m in a bad mood today… perhaps I should have a lie down. Till next week then.