Agnete's scream, which heralds the arrival of "Pin You All", is worth of Queen Adreena/Daisy Chainsaw's Katie Jane Garside. Some times this track sounds more like a tantrum than a song, but guitars the size of continents save this from just being the soundtracks to one person's strop. There's a hint of the Middle East to the guitars of "Master Of Disguise", which give Agnete the basis to perform vocal gymnastics. The power of her lungs constantly impresses, as does the gift for melody that sticks in your head afterwards. "Fire! Fire! Fire!" reminds me of Courtney Love, with Smashing Pumpkins-style guitar. While Agnete may scream, the music is never just noise.

"Alarm" dials back the volume, but is no less effective. This song shows that Agnete can really sing, conjuring images of The Gathering or Flowing Tears. I like this more mature sound. "Breed Again" sees the band return to the more raucous side of things. There's a nice handling of the quiet/loud dynamic though, which avoids inadvertent bludgeoning of the listener. Though there is a visceral pleasure to hearing someone else scream in anger it's more effective when the 'dirty' vocals are mixed with 'clean' ones.

Bass stabs and languid guitar form the basis of the curiously-titled "In The Barn". There's a Bond-theme feel to it, with the music and vocals on fine sinuous form. Though the mood seems placid there's an underlying tension, particularly during the instrumental break. Some wonderful sustained guitar helps bring the song to a satisfying climax. "Even When I'm Wrong, I'm Right" showcases the shouty side of the band, in less than three minutes. There's a hint of Rage Against The Machine in the guitars.

"Tricky Threesome" sees the band get funky, like Red Hot Chilli Peppers when they were good i.e. a very long time ago. There's even an enormous Gothic Metal chorus. Better check your kitchen now, Animal Alpha have stolen your sink to throw into their song. This is by far the most inventive thing on the album. The song builds and builds carrying the listener upwards for the ride. While it might be exhausting - for both the listener and the band - to have more songs like this, it has to be the way forward. It runs for four minutes, but could have been twice the length and still delighted.

Amid the shouty hullabaloo there are hints of greatness in this album. It's when the band turns down the volume that I find them most interesting. If I want shouts of hysterical anger I can get them at home - I don't seek them out in my music. On the other hand fans of Katie-Jane Garside style anger should check out Animal Alpha immediately.