If his introductory mini-album, ‘The Early Learnings Of Eugene McGuinness’ managed to slip unnoticed through your net upon its release last year, you missed out one of 2007’s most delightful sonic treats. However, you can rectify the situation or simply make your long-overdue reintroduction when the genre-hopping 22 year old releases his self-titled debut album proper released on October 13th.

A sprawling, schizophrenic sophomore effort that skips between boundaries with gleeful abandon and an acidic sense of humour, it’s an improvement on its predecessor in every way, something Eugene himself attributes to the recording process this time around.

“‘Early Learnings of...’ was good, and it was fun for me being in the studio for the first time and getting to play with all these toys and flashing lights, but on this record, I’ve been working with other musicians and it’s come out with that band element that I wanted. Quite...