Next to get the Noatun treatment is Kaiser Chiefs - Employment.

I don't want to call this album bland. I mean, I quite liked a lot of the tracks. I'm surprised how many singles are on it. Seems the Chiefs have snuck their way into the collective subconsciuos, or maybe they've just got that knack of writing songs you think you've heard a million times before.

I was kind of transported back to 1993, the height of Britpop. This album would sit well with the likes of Menswear, Teenage Fanclub, Pulp's early stuff and dare I say it, even The Wildhearts.

It's kinda dated, kinda nondescript. I wonder who's buying Kaiser Chiefs? Is it perhaps people of my age, recognising a sound from their formative years?

All in all, I'm pretty neutral about Employment. People who listen to more music than me could probably tell you a dozen bands that the Kaiser Chiefs have been influenced by, but for me, the casual listener and critic it just seems that I've heard this stuff just a little too much before.

So is it a keeper? I dunno. If I remember it's there and need the space, I'll probably get rid, but for now I've got plenty of room, so it can stay. Pay for it, y'say? Well, someone who doesn't know me very well can buy it me for Christmas, can't they, or maybe I've found something to spend that WH Smiths voucher on.