And said record Volumes, which emerged on Undergroove this week, is proof that their home city isn't stuck in a genre rut any longer, as seemingly perceived by everyone outside the city limits who was caught in the Arctics headwind for a while.

The sequel to The Mirimar Disaster's self-titled debut is also a demonstration this band hasn't been idle, not least in their line-up which has shifted radically since their debut outing.

Producer Jason Sanderson – also on the dials for the forthcoming first album by fellow city punk noise-makers Rolo Tomassi – does well capturing the rawness and wallop of TMD's muscular live shows.

Volumes is also testament to the band's tenacity and commitment having overcome the departure of original singer Ian Stockdale just months after the release of that first album.

But with guitarist Frank Forman now firmly fronting the quartet there's a confidence and conviction of delivery that drives Volumes beyond those initial endeavours; vitriolic, big, angry, adventurous and with the focus of a band that isn't afraid to do its growing up on the road.

From Alms For Strangers to surprising closer Sing Hera, the album takes the best traditions of British rock on one hand and threads it with the kind of disregard for formula on the other to make a fairly unpredictable explosive device for the ears.

With artwork by the Drunken Marksman – aka Jimbob Taint of Rise Above Records – Volumes has the potency to place this Disaster right among the big boys.

Treat with caution.

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