After the brilliance that was their post-punk debut The Decline Of British Sea Power, Brighton's own local heroes throw everyone for a loop and remind us forgetters what a great band the Psychedelic Furs were. I guess it makes sense that with all this new-wave revival going on, the Furs would get their day in the sun at some point, but I never figured it would be from these guys, not after that blistering first album. But it's downright shocking how much B.S.P. front man Yan sounds like Richard Butler. Who knew that under all that uniform wearing seriousness, there was a little boy wanting to sing his pretty n' pink little heart out?

All of this would be a moot point however if Open Season was just an open season on scene stealing. But fortunately, British Sea Power take that awfully familiar sound and tweak it just a smidge so it feels lovely and refreshing. Album opener "It Ended On An Oily Stage" is theatrical and grand, but it's the epic feel of "Like A Honeycomb" and "Please Stand Up" back to back that make the first half of this album a real standout. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" is the only track that doesn't downright feel like the Furs, it actually feels like something out of David Bowie's Heathen/Reality catalog. But if Coldplay can take Echo & The Bunnymen's sound and become the biggest act in rock since U2, what's stopping British Sea Power from being that well respected, even if not as famous younger brother?