The DeLoreans - In Limbo

It's always disappointing when a band drape themselves in Americana, only to discover that they are in fact from Inverness. Despite their name, The DeLoreans play with vintage 70s attire and the kind of nonchalant, cigarette-smoking poses that only a bored Frenchman can really pull off. Claiming common ground with some lofty rock alumni in the form of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Led Zeppelin, In Limbo and Bringing You Down are actually standard pub-rock hashes of the usual suspects: Oasis. Like their motorised namesake, the DeLoreans are more for looks than for love, but bless 'em for trying. [Darren Carle]