The Anticon crowd have become indie hip hop untouchables over the last couple of years for their lyrical and sonic innovation. But I have to admit that some fatigue is setting in for me, their dense brand of "shrink-rap" sometimes a little too impenetrable for these ADS days. But Alias I always have time for. True he tends to be one of the straighter members, but then he clearly hasn't forgotten the beauty and power of a good melody married to a good beat, and isn't afraid to keep it simple.

This latest 12" is a case in point - electronic burbles and twinkles with a head-nodding beat, and one Markus Archer (anyone tell me who he is?) actually singing over the top - surely an Anticon first? I'm going to keep coming back to this one every time I want a little melody in my life. The flip side displays a little more of the angry Alias displayed on his last album, so don't worry, he hasn't gone totally soft.

Incidentally, this is much more the kind of thing I'd expect from melodic electronica label Morr Music than Sole's Man's Best Friend album, which I've so far found just too too much - I just can't get into it.