Those bemused by the rise of Muse to the top of the Britrock pile will derive little comfort from this debut album by Norwich four-piece C/O/R/D. Deploying a similar sonic pomposity to Matt Bellamy's troupe, Other People's Lives is a resolutely leaden and dispiriting listen. The overblown synths of 'Go Either Way' and 'Best Days' are ponderous; the jagged Queens of the Stone Age-like guitars of 'Eyes' predictable. Worst of all, frontman James Leeds's anguished vocals and sulky lyrics recall that most objectionable of people: the misunderstood teenager.