Album Review: Metronomy - Summer 08

Like your mate's once fascinating older brother who's miraculously managed to make a three-year degree last 12, Metronomy's Joseph Mount seems to be maturing in stasis.

His decision to essentially go solo for this fifth record makes for a denser sound, full of self pitying fame-weary codswallop with few reminders of the genius that made 2011's The English Riviera such a perfect indie-tronica confection. Beastie Boys turntablist Mix Master Mike on Old Skool scores cool points, but Mount's almost megalomaniac control over every other element results in an album of rare charmlessness.