Not Accepted Anywhere by The Automatic

Not Accepted Anywhere, the debut from Welsh upstarts the Automatic, hit British shops on 19 June 2006 on B-Unique and Polydor, with America following a year later. Stephen Harris, Richard Jackson and Ian Broudie split the production across different tracks and studios around the UK, and somehow it all comes out sounding like one hyperactive band.

Robin Hawkins sings and plays bass, James Frost handles guitar, Iwan Griffiths drums, and Alex Pennie's synths and yelped backing vocals give the whole thing its squealing, dancefloor-indie edge. It's spiky, jittery and ridiculously catchy. All three singles, "Recover", "Raoul" and "Monster", went top 40, and "Monster", a stomping, shout-along riddle of a chorus, turned up on Torchwood. The album went to number 3 and platinum, and the BBC later counted it among the top 10 Welsh albums of the decade.

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