The Sleepy Jackson - Personality

If the music industry were a playground and you had to bully one of those stood in it, chances are you'd roll your sleeves up and target, say, Belle & Sebastian, The Flaming Lips or some other lover of twee rather than that scary mother in the trench coat. These people are the lightweight end of rock. All very adept at twirling a tune, appropriating sounds from the past and over-producing their poppy toons. But you wouldn't expect them to hit you back after you'd landed punch number one. So, enter another member to the club that would be bullied: Perth's The Sleepy Jackson - who, fronted by Brian Wilson wannabe Luke Steele, have shaken up the lineup since debuting many moons ago with Lovers. It's all very nice, it passes by an hour but, ultimately, Personality never really transcends the background it's destined to fill. Still, we can always nick their dinner money.