Mock rock is back with two smoking barrels

It must be a constant frustration for musical snobs that The Darkness make the music of the 70s and 80s sound so fresh and alive.

- MATT NIXSON

And 22 years on from their brilliant Permission To Land debut, the Lowestoft rockers are back and firing on all cylinders - some of them unexpected.

Their eighth studio album packs in heavy rock, boogie, echoes of Freddie Mercury pomp, gleefully infectious tunes, and guileless country, all delivered with an elephant-sized sense of fun.