Raygun [Import]

2009 debut album from the British band who wants to bring excitement, Pop and magic back to Rock 'n' Roll. The lead vocalist, Ray Gun is the man on "lead vox and sonic experimentation". Blue-eyed, slinky-limbed and razor-cheekboned, he looks and sounds like the velvet-voiced, finger-waggling progeny of a promiscuous session between Jagger, Bowie and Iggy pop. Then there's the Adj, the band's scarf-swaddled, beard-sporting songwriter, on "war guitar and audio discovery". Add Ben Lyonsmyth on bass ("hip shaker and bottom end") and Sam Embery on drums ("pace maker and heartbreaker"). Together, they summon up the razzle of New Wave and the dazzle of the Scissor Sisters' disco, the filthiness of INXS, as well as the rock nous of a band long ready to start a revolution. Sony/BMG.