This underrated Scottish garage crew play to their strengths on LP no.3. Production by ex-Suede Bernard Butler has slicked up the sound a touch, but these lads and lasses have more than enough attitude to keep things swinging. Like a girl-group singer turned wise, Adele Bethel walks the line between naughty and nice on these sharp pop tunes, even using "Split Lips" to crib the melody from Elastica's "Waking Up" (a band to whom This Gift bears a few similarities). When the album hits its stride with "Rebel With The Ghost", "Chains" and "This Gift", it feels pretty great to have these Scots back.