Therapy?: Nowhere (A&M)

A week mostly of depressing dross as if all the record companies are offloading their Christmas leftovers. Even the usually excellent Therapy? aren’t immune from the New Year slump since ‘Nowhere’ sounds like a transitional item, the Belfast triad straining to match their fierce sonic overload to the perfect guitar pop song. It can be nifty mostly because Therapy? bring a special soulfulness to their genre, however, I don’t think

‘Nowhere’ will be a leading contender for any eventual Greatest Hits set.