This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
This U.K. teen-rock trio have matured since their first two CDs 1977 and Trailer. Or at least that’s what they want you to think with Nu-Clear Sounds.
So you get slow ballads and thoughtful, contemplative tracks like Folk Song and Burn Out along with the Stooges rock-outs, post-grunge anthems and cheeky Britrock riffs. All of which is well and good, although it comes off as a tad calculated, like a kid cleaning his room just before his birthday. They’re still at their best on tracks like Death Trip 21 and Numbskull, when they just crank up, jump on the bed and thrash around like the young’uns they are. If we’re lucky, this maturity thing is just a phase they’re going through.
