The debut from SCUM proves two things. First, that suggestions they are the baby brother band of the Horrors are hardly inaccurate. They share DNA at a biological level – bassist Huw Webb is brother to Rhys Webb of the Horrors – and at a musical one, with the baleful voice of Thomas Cohen – echoing Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs, a key influence on the last Horrors album – laid over swirling synths and occasional motorik rhythms. Second, though, is that they don't deserve to be overshadowed: Again Into Eyes stands entirely on its own merits. They pile on the melodrama – Days Untrue couldn't sound more windswept if it was placed in front of a wind machine – but there's a muscular kick, too, as when the guitars roar in on Amber Hands. Crucially, S.C.U.M. understand concision – only the closer Whitechapel strays over five minutes. This is no underdone confection from fly-by-nights: it's as taut and accomplished as any British rock album this year.