There are some songs on here that you’ll swear you’ve heard before even if you haven’t like You Got the Style and Westside. These are the sort of songs you would take to the beach on holiday if they were games, in other words, summery and breezy. They are also songs you would sing along to without much care or without realising it because they are infectious. It’s not just Joel Pott’s voice, which is very South London, but the words and phrases he uses as well.

There are other uplifting songs which are also lovely in their simplicity and which grab your attention by being so unassuming. You can almost relate to some songs which are tales of family life and growing up. The title track, Vehicles and Animals, uses the idea of football supporters chanting on the terraces right at the end when the band all sing together and that gives an already affecting track even more of a British touch. The format is repeated on Dungeness amongst other songs, a whimsical song of going on holiday with your mates. Even here, though, it’s not the same because Dungeness has a guitar solo.

There are moments of the Streets in the album, not least on Out of Nowhere with its garage beats and Mike Skinneresque vocals. It also bizarrely ends up with Pott shouting ‘Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!’ at the end and it takes you by surprise. The song is more of a grower than an instant hit as it is quite strange but this is no bad thing. There is also a moment of sheer cheese on Le Casio with the most 80’s PC game style keyboards heard in a long time followed up with a bit of trumpet to add to the class not to mention eccentricity.

This is a wonderful album that lifts your spirits if you’re down or makes you smile and laugh if you’re happy. Even if it’s raining you can lie down with it on your stereo, close your eyes and imagine there are blue skies and the weather is hot. Buy the album, see them live later this year! You won’t regret it.

9/10

Natasha Perry