Named after the 19th-century campaign against alcohol, the Temperance Movement aren’t exactly the sound of 2016. They’re a British blues-rock band that could have been blasted here direct from the 1970s: specifically, they evoke mid-period Led Zeppelin and Free, though opener Three Bullets does venture a little forward in time, recalling the raucous stomp of fellow Glaswegians the Fratellis. This may not be a band at the vanguard of avant-garde futurism, then, but they practise their stock in trade rather well.
This second album is laden with big, chunky riffs and swaggering anthems tailormade for waving scarves and throwing beer: “Ya got to get yourselves free,” yells gravel-throated bluesy shouter Phil Campbell over Jimmy Page-style riffola.
They do vary the mood: I Hope I’m Not Losing My Mind and A Pleasant Peace I Feel are gentler and reflective, although the latter gradually ends up in the same big singalong as the rest.
