Correcto have been tagged as a Franz Ferdinand side-project, but that’s a bit misleading. Sure, Franz drummer Paul Thomson makes his presence felt on this debut record, but vocalist and songwriter Danny Saunders is the group’s core personality.
The association with a popular group is probably a positive thing, as it will accord this nifty little LP more widespread public exposure than might otherwise have been the case. The album is inconsequential compared with Franz’s finer moments – and lacks their knack for a Pop Event – but it does contain more than a handful of finely-written songs.
Like The View, Correcto have a ramshackle, garage-band feel, which belies a sense of musical focus.
They also share the Dundee group’s impeccable sense of melody, which is nicely showcased on the opening track, ‘Inuit’ – a rattling, melancholic slice of bookish indie-punk. Most of the tracks that follow are enjoyable re-workings of this formula; the lack of variety may irk some, but at least listeners know what they are getting.
The record also contains a clutch of fine ballads, the best of which is ‘Even Though’, a twinkling gem that is built on a light, organ hum and some pretty ripples of guitar. .
Don’t expect anything to match Franz Ferdinand’s terrific debut record, but Correcto are worth investigating.

KEY TRACK: ‘Even Though’