Citing influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Van Morrison and Bob Marley, you might fairly expect an album of misguided confusion from Younger Brother. Essentially a duo, Simon Posford and Benjamin Vaughan commenced making virtually unclassifiable electronica in 2003, before being joined by former Leftfield vocalist, Ru Campbell, to fill-in on singing duties.

However, the die had already been cast by this creative collective and, rather than a musical mess, their combined sound is a complex layering of repetitive sounds, gathered via an acidic keyboard, using a heavy bass-line and incessant drumming to produce a sometimes dreamy, frequently reflective and strikingly confident new album, “Vaccine”, their third of a well-received career so far.

The album consists of just nine tracks but, as none of them follows any known ‘pop’ format, you can forget the prospect of listening to ‘three-minute-singles’, indulging instead in a soundscape of (dare I say it?) Floyd proportions. The influence is true. Campbell’s vocals are best described as being Nick Drake-like, a wistful, sometimes wavering falsetto that hovers above the trancy backdrop, which is far more musical than you might give it initial credit for. Their former works have been described as a combination of unfathomable and unclassifiable, which I can comprehend, but I think that their confident third album is almost a completely fresh style, if you can excuse the Floyd connection, which is even carried into the album cover, which possesses that concise Storm Thorgerson appearance.

The opening track, “Crystalline” lives up to its lysergic promise, while the second track, “Shine” even echoes a Police-like guitar line and a sound reminiscent of the 1980s. From drum off-beats, to scripted vocalising, a warbling theramin, to advanced yet subtle electronica, this is an album packed with atmosphere and confident self-belief. Whether the world is ready for this kind of stuff remains to be seen but I have become an instant fan, as a result of the retrospective elements that I found so beguiling. If you are fed-up with an endless diet of anonymous pop, then let Younger Brother fill your speakers or headphones with an exciting alternative to mindless electronic pap.