Conor Alexander - 3/4/2012

Up The Bracket is a superb album fuelled by the great energy of punk but backed up with an old english romanticism and a light pop sensibility.
The album relies on the fantastic double frontmen of Pete Doherty and Carl Barat
My key tracks are the fantastic "The Boy Looked At Johnny" with its sing-along dumbness, the explosive title track, the dirtily rough "Horror Show", the crooning "I Get Along" and the drunken sing-along "Boys In The Band", which expertly showcases Pete and Carl's playing off each other.
There is a real sense of brotherhood throughout the album aided by Pete and Carl's english-influenced lyrics and punk guitar-playing.
The album is, I believe, just as brilliant as the self-titled follow-up. 9.5/10