On paper, you wouldn't think this would work.

Five drunk but quite talented men from the East Coast get together in the post-9/11 fatalistic "we could die tomorrow so what the hell" attitude and decide to mix the influences of their punk background with the electronic noise created by their keyboardist John Conway - before anybody had even heard of Brandon Flowers.

And yet, The Bravery is an accomplished and exciting crossover record that is so 2005 it hurts, and is actually better than the Killers' Hot Fuss. [more]