The Vaccines - Dream Lover

Place The Vaccines in any era or knackered studio - pick a decade, see what fits - and they’ll be able to pen some kind of monster hit. This group go through identity shifts like costume changes on a catwalk. They can pen bolshy, two-chord rock juggernauts, fleeting acoustic dreamers at will, and then there’s this - ‘Dream Lover’. Billed as the official lead single, this is third album ‘English Graffiti’’s statement of intent, and it sees Justin Young and co. affirming themselves as a completely different force.

Part-Bowie-endorsed glam, part glittering synth anthem, at first it strikes as a curious fit for something chart-eyeing. But in steps the chorus, arguably one of the biggest The Vaccines have penned to date. And it’s the finest proof yet that these guys could craft juggernauts with any tools. The big question with ‘English Graffiti’, then, is whether they can keep grip of their identity while trying on new clothes.