Scouting for Girls: Everybody Wants to Be on TV | CD review

(Epic)The success of Scouting for Girls continues to baffle. There's nothing to distinguish them from the hundreds of pub bands cranking out the same jaunty guy-rock every night of the week, yet their first album went double platinum, and they're currently No 1 in the singles chart. Listening to the new record is like eavesdropping on a pub conversation – in his lyrics, leader Roy Stride is Mr Ordinary talking to his mates. Thus, 40 minutes' worth of observations such as, "I'm a little bi...

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