Held together with the kind of brain-burrowing riff that soundtracks most iPod TV adverts, Weekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer) is lyrically vigorous but musically lightweight - as a song about skiving, it'll sound great for the next few weeks, but will struggle once the temperatures subside. A solar-powered single, if you will.

Shrewd, then, that a song that does not best exhibit The Young Knives' ability is had been rejigged onto the airwaves for its seasonal aptness. Is a Christmas number one their next port of call?

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