Remember that Channel 4 show, Teachers? Aside from Bob, the best thing about it was the soundtrack. Full of those post Brit pop, pre-whatever-came-next anthems that perfectly augmented the dishy Andrew Lincoln riding his bike through the streets of Bristol in an ‘inevitably life’s shit but at least we can go to the pub’ kind of way?Well it’s a damn shame Army Navy weren’t around then, because the makers of the show would’ve been set with the soundtrack. This album has exactly the kind of jangly guitars, bittersweet lyrics, and nostalgia-tainted sounds as Ocean Colour Scene, Dodgy, Shed Seven ”“ the bands that are classed as Brit pop but essentially just rode on it’s coattails.Common lyrical themes are, of course, being unlucky in love - "Remember when I’d call and I’d say/The best girls that I love won’t be a shame" ('Saints") , nights out, and occasionally both, all packaged in a lovable scamp sort of way. What makes the whole set up slightly odd though is that Army Navy are American, although you’d certainly be hard-pressed to tell, as there’s a definite Manc twang to the lead singer’s vocals.The up-tempo tracks gallop along well, but the slower numbers, particularly 'Pocket Boys' and 'Golden Pony', stick out like sore thumbs, and draw unwanted attention to the somewhat less-than-amazing vocals.At times this album is like a trip down a very recent memory lane, which makes the whole thing slightly unsettling ”“ a bit like when you get those horrific flashbacks of the night before the next day. There are some older sounds creeping in though, 'My Thin Sides' is distinctly Kinks-y, and take away the synth like guitar sounds on 'Saints' ”“ and you’ve got yourself  a La’s song.So, life is inevitably shit, Army Navy probably aren't going to make it much better with this album, and now Teachers has finished they're not even going to get on the soundtrack. But stick it on at one of those ubiquitous summer bbqs with beers and friends, and it'll jangle away in the background perfectly. 58%Army Navy on MySpace