Scouting for Girls: Everybody Wants to Be on TV

The success of Scouting for Girls continues to baffle. There's nothing to distinguish them from the hundreds of pub bands cranking out the same jaunty guy-rock every night of the week, yet their first album went double platinum, and they're currently No 1 in the singles chart. Listening to the new record is like eavesdropping on a pub conversation – in his lyrics, leader Roy Stride is Mr Ordinary talking to his mates. Thus, 40 minutes' worth of observations such as, "I'm a little bit lost without you/ I'm a bloody big mess inside" and "Posh girls have good manners/ But they go like the clappers" (ye gods), accompanied by roustabout guitar, drums and keyboards. Little Miss Naughty has Stride climbing aboard the Auto-Tune bandwagon, but that musical step forward is cancelled out by his having actually titled a song Little Miss Naughty: bewildering. Fans will love it, though.