Formed in 2001, Aberdeen’s The XCERTS never reached the heights of their fast/slow DNA brothers Biffy Clyro and Twin Atlantic, but they should have. Their new album, i think i want to go home now., shows exactly why. A punchy, euphoric blend of anger and melodic softness, it sees Murray Macleod attempting to make sense of the world after his father’s cancer diagnosis. Following the opening title track, do it to myself offers an incendiary pop-punk blast full of barbed-wire guitars and brain-rattling bass with the all-important quieter breakdown as Macleod repeatedly questions: ‘Will it always be like this?’, while another highlight comes in the form of the driving Smashing Pumpkins-style love song, sinking feeling.
There’s also the screamo of pretty ugly, but…

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