So the task for HHH is to come back with an album that's as good as if not better than 'Make Up The Break Down'. Quite a task, given that 'MUTBD' was great. The band's reaction is 'Elevator', a taut, ultra compressed collection of 14 songs containing roughly 3 song's worth of ideas, melodies and hooks per track. That kind of works out at 42 songs in 40-odd minutes. Or something. It's as breathless as you would think.

Initally, it all rushes by so fast as to rock you onto your heels, but further listens offer a quick grasp of a set of insidiously catchy songs. Just like the first record in fact. Opener 'Running Out Of Time' sets the standard with an out of control see-saw feel to it, veering from manic to merely deranged. 'Goodnight Goodnight' deserves its position as lead off single, merging a killer chorus with a strung out verse that offers the option of dancing or merely gently rocking in the corner. 'You Owe Me An IOU' is fairground indie, all cheap construction, but with a devillish way of making itself instantly memorable. Potential radio-straddling hit 'Island of The Honest Man' is as straight ahead as it gets, all driving chorus' and FM guitars, while later on in the LP you have the dark-edged 'Dirty Mouth_' which is probably the most complex and gratifying song they've produced so far, but still a skewed-pop gem, naturally.