Ramekins - Intoxicate Me

It's not normally a good sign when the most interesting thing about a new band is their name, as is the case with London four piece Ramekins. That these three horribly plastic melodramatic accounts of young love and substance abuse, with a viable candidate for the official motivational anthem of the next Special Olympics thrown in for luck, have made it onto record, makes one wonder about the headiness of St Stephens Records' ambitions. Incidentally, a ramekin is a glazed ceramic bowl, used for serving cr'me brulee, cheese dishes…even potted shrimps. Now that is something worth getting worked up about. [Finbarr Bermingham]