Crash My Model Car - Maybe

This is almost generic guitar-driven indie pop, but with enough of an enchanting hook to turn Crash My Model Car's debut EP into the vehicle for some airtight song writing. Iain Morrison is the son of a world-renowned bagpipe player who was initially sceptical of his son's interest in this guitar malarkey. Undisputedly honest, with wave-crashing choruses and a sense of uplifting longing, this has the kind of gazing-out-to-sea feeling that could only come from living on an island. And although these guys might have better production (and accents), the question is whether we really want another band that sounds like Snow Patrol. [Ali Maloney]