Helicopters

On Planet Punk, there’s a hemisphere of a difference between Hüsker Dü and Busted, but it’s exactly equidistant of the two where Reekus-signed band SuperJimenez have spread out their kit. ‘Helicopters’, the Dubliners’ debut single, has enough spunk to avoid it being fobbed off as a throwaway pop record, yet bounces along like the radio-friendly tune that Mr Mould never wrote. And given that summer’s slowly slowly approaching, the single’s a perfect soundtrack to those first visits to Howth and lunchtimes in St Stephen’s Green. Cheerful stuff.