If the tweaks to the JD & the FDCs logo that adorns the cover of the band's second EP had me thinking, thanks to its Sigue Sigue Sputnik-esque manga stylings, back to the '80s then, by the time my stereo had guided me through two-thirds of this three track affair, I would be transported back to the guilty pleasures of my teenage years. But let's not get ahead of ourselves......

This sophomore extended player from the band fronted by former Teenage Casket Company/The Dangerfields member Jamie Delerict follows last year's 'The FDCCDEP' and acts as a teaser to 'Recognise', the band's full length album that will be unleashed next year and promises, with a legion of uber-cool guest stars from the world of rock and punk, to be a bit of a stormer.

The EP's lead (and title) track, 'Burn This City Down', was recorded and mixed by Jason Sanderson, producer of last year's debut EP and famed for his work with the likes of Ginger, Chickenhawk and The Plight, who will also handle all knob twiddling on next year's long awaited long player. Littered with the most infectious of chanted mantras - the iconic "whoa-oh-oh" - this song sums up the FDC ethos in 200 glorious, trashy seconds. Punked up and lowdown, it appears that the decision to release this EP simply because the band didn't want to end 2011 without putting some new music out there was a fine one.

While that lead track will appear on the album, surrounded, no doubt, by a scattering of equally awesome tunes, the two other songs here are exclusive to this EP; the wonderfully-titled 'Stupid Music Played By Idiots' has its origins in Delerict's old punk band Panic. Almost a decade old, its original recording an early musical influence on a couple of FDCs, the song motors on in lovely loose fashion and, coming in at under two minutes long, is a short, sharp stab of a track.

Recorded to tape - old school style - like the previous track at the Crash Factory in Nottingham by Mark Elmore, the EP's third and final song is the one that had us doing our best Roger Moore eyebrow-raising impression at URHQ. With at least two of the UR massive, myself included, being particularly gay (I'm about to mention the '80s, it was allowed then) for the debut album by Go West, the fact that their seminal single cut 'We Close Our Eyes' is the FDC cover of choice to close this release caused our interest levels to pique. Unlike the metal karaoke version of the song recorded by Forever Never last year, JD & the FDCs do the unthinkable and make the classic '80s tune their own. Bass heavy, guitar break as alluring as a dirty white muscle vest, it's a serious case of Cox out, Delerict in. In fact, this single was the first 7" that JD ever bought so treating the track with the reverence it so obviously deserves was a given. Reason alone to purchase this EP? Harsh on the two other great tracks but, granted, it's a kiss and cuddle to the ears.

Shorten the wait for the debut full lengther by welcoming the tip of this EP into your bosom. JD & the FDCs are set to shake the shit up with 'Recognise' and you can say that you were there previously when everyone else starts touching themselves over it. Buy this EP!

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