Despite gradually shifting 200,000 copies of their debut, The Optimist, Turin Brakes have never quite consolidated the commercial breakthrough made in the days when they were leading lights of the ill-fated New Acoustic movement.
Following 2003's underwhelming Ether Song, Jackinthebox quietly (how else?) preoccupies itself with their slip out of the limelight. There are lines about how "fame and fortune never last," and wistful glances back at "celebrity parties, the red carpet mile". The temptation is to clatter the band about the head and shout, "Perk up, you could be a lot worse off!"
Forever - about being "chemically changed" by love - is undeniably lovely, and Fishing for a Dream has a melody you can't get out of your head. However, the likes of Road to Nowhere are Starsailor lite and suggest no great upturn in their fortunes.
