Piroshka Brickbat CD

From the crushed and pulverised skulls of our conquered enemies rises the promise of a new dawn, Miki Berenyi grins. "OK, no, maybe keep it simple. Clean slate, fresh start - it's all about the music." From four individual parts, with distinct musical pasts but also overlapping histories, a new unified chapter begins with Piroshka and the quartet's thrilling debut album Brickbat. The album is named after the word for a missile, which nails the record's heavyweight lyrics if not the music's gorgeous, bittersweet and euphoric pop. Think of Brickbat as a wolf in sheep's clothing - which suits the name Piroshka, the Hungarian take on the wolf-terrorised fairytale hero Little Red Riding Hood - a subtle nod, too, to a certain red hairdo that stood out in the 1990s Brit-guitar-pop scene

1. This Must Be Bedlam 2:56 2. Village of the Damned 4:56 3. Never Enough 3:58 4. Blameless 4:22 5. What's Next? 4:47 6. Hated By the Powers That Be 5:30 7. Run for Your Life 3:35 8. Heartbeats 3:29 9. Everlastingly Yours 4:30 10. She's Unreal 5:18