After supporting Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and the Deftones, the Cambridge rock group are about to release their debut album. Listen to it here and let us know your thoughts

A wise prophet named Alex Turner once said: “That rock’n’roll, it just won’t go away.” And for the moment at least, the gnarly face of commercial rock appears to be rearing its head, with Royal Blood hurtling towards the No 1 spot with their self-titled debut, and Reading and Leeds boss Melvin Benn asserting that every band they’re talking to for next year’s festival lineup “has got guitars.” One of the new names tipped for 2014’s reign is Lonely The Brave, and having spent the past year supporting Bruce Springsteen at the Olympic Park, Neil Young at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium and the Deftones in Paris, as well as sets at Download, Glastonbury and Reading, they are about to release their debut album on 1 September.

“Everyone’s got such a varied taste in music. Mo loves hardcore and really heavy stuff, our bass player likes prog-y stuff. All of us like the same sort of things as well, like The National, Pearl Jam,” Mark Trotter told the Telegraph of their influences. “There are a few bands that we really like but we don’t really sound like any of them. We just take influences from individual parts.”

So far, so vague. But if you’re keen on big, glossy, Biffy Clyro-shaped stadium rock, then take a listen to the Cambridge quintet’s album The Day’s War - out via Hassle/Columbia Records - and let us know what you make of it.

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