Oh how the mighty have fallen, crawled through shite, stumbled to their knees, collapsed again, and gradually fought their way back to some semblance of former glories.

‘F.E.A.R’, the first single from the forthcoming Music Of The Spheres, is the sound of an Ian Brown who at least appears awake and aware of the world around him after many years spent seemingly in the dark. The end result is that ‘F.E.A.R.’ is the best thing he has released in ages, and the string-laden melody even verges on jaunty.

Cor, and indeed blimey.