“Fuckin’ around with your mind” – yes, you are Late Of The Pier and don’t we just love it?

The Castle Donington group have lit up a pale, wane emotionally bereft British indie scene with a series of superb singles and a debut album that is by turns insane and utterly brilliant.

While their scenester clothes and oh-so-quirky dance moves may irk the indie purists, there is no denying that Late of The Pier have the tunes. “Heartbeat” opens like a lost relic from the 80s, all power dressing and Michael J Fox movies before taking a turn for the demented. With a sense of the operatic surely inherited from Freddie Mercury’s mic stand, “Heartbeat” explodes into a shrieking, writhing chant as catchy as it is confusing. A brilliant primer for one of the year’s best debut albums so far.