Punch & the Apostles - I'm a Hobo/Can of Beans

'1930's influenced avant-garde ska-punk swing' is not a genre that one could say was in danger of over-saturating the market, a fact that certainly works in favour of Glasgow's Punch & the Apostles. The first track on their double-A side single, I’m a Hobo, seems intent on preaching the virtues of taking a homeless person home with you (for what purpose is never quite clear), while Can of Beans sees Paul Napier cheerily proclaim 'no more fucking around for me' to a veritable jazz explosion: it's fair to say that this is not a band characterised by shoe-gazing or self-mutilation to prove their authenticity. [Ewen Millar]