Well, since I've been playing this pretty much continuously since I bought it so I thought I'd write up a review of it.

I'm actually quite new to King Creosote (aka Kenny Anderson). I was taken along to a gig by a friend without knowing much about him in Hoxton. And what a gig it was. My friend pretty much knew this was going to be up my street, so I went out and bought his album "KC Rules OK" which is superb. But I'm not reviewing that one today, so I'll leave that one for later.

As to Bombshell, it's a album of great variety and of many styles. From the skiffle influenced "Cowardly Custard" to the delicacy of the opening track, Leslie to the barely restrained fury of "At the W.A.L.", this album simply takes my breath away. For those not familiar with KC's material, his music is accompanied by some rather brilliant lyrics. The words of "You've no clue do you" are themed around the characters of Cluedo, and describe varied human traits of which Anderson gets frustrated with. And then there's the stinging opening lines of "Theres none of that" that are only the start of a song all about being in a poor relationship.

For me the obvious highlights are the songs Leslie and "Church as Witness" which tells the story of Anderson teaching his daughter to ride his bike. The Scotsman records Anderson's thought's on the song

"We had a fall-out that day, which happened to be in the church yard in Crail," he recalls. "So we had this major row right on the spot where my mum and dad had their wedding photos taken, which was quite bizarre. It was a genuine moment, and after I explained to her the history of where we were having this fight, she was on the bike, off and away!"

There are weak spots - the title track "Now drop your bombshell" and "Nooks" aren't bad songs. But compared with the rest, they fail to shine. But put all the songs together and you have one heck of an album.

King Creosote is heading for great things. This album looks like it could kick start the way to the recognition he so richly deserves.