THE fourth album from US punk rock/pop band The Menzingers smashes into life, all guns blazing with opening track I Don’t Wanna Be An A Anymore. Full of attitude and packed with quality, this bodes well for the rest of the record. Bad Things and Rodent follow with less urgency but still possess plenty of catchy guitar and vocals.

Where Your Heartache Exists is full of emotion, leading off with a driving bass riff and angstridden lyrics, before drum and bass feature heavily again on Transient Love. The aggression and swagger returns with The Talk, the chorus practically screamed out. Apart from the pace changes, there’s not a huge amount of variety, but Rented World is all well crafted and enjoyable.

Mike Fletcher