Stereophonics - KindRecorded in just eleven days at The Distillery, Wiltshire, Kind was co produced by Kelly Jones and George Drakoulias (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Primal Scream). The results are an honest and hopeful album for our times, and an album that stands shoulder to shoulder with the bands best work. Fly Like An Eagle is a perfect first taster of Kind. An ode to endless possibility, it is the sound of a band exuding confidence in their craft as they allow

and indeed a product of today

A casino queen in Missouri now

'Dissolver' takes in a wide sweep of guitar music and focuses it into a precisely individual proposition

isn't the only vocal moment on 'The Catastrophist

a blissfully righteous storm of broken-up guitars

particularly Joe Hisaishi’s soundtrack for Castle In The Sky

B1 Decadent Jew 1:56

Movie references and punch lines

Neil Young's Broken Arrow and Mr Soul

You may not always be able to work it out

Gonzalez makes his recording debut with the band here and it‰۪s obvious that he‰۪s helped pushed the band‰۪s recordings closer to the level of their infamous live shows

truly adored