Classic four - Automatica choice

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OF ALL the bands you'd have expected to spawn a side project of groovy dance-floor filling hip-hop, screaming hardcore outfit Glassjaw would be pretty far down the list.

However frontman Daryl Palumbo, whose inimitable vocal style is more heavily influenced by his Chrone's disease than any singer, created Head Automatica in 2004 to indulge his love for the distinctly un-Glassjaw genres of hip hop and Britpop.

With Dan The Automator of Gorillaz and Handsome Boy Modeling School fame at the mixing desk, the resulting Decadance album is a triumphant clash of styles.

With raggae-influenced skanking hip-hop beats meeting glittery electronica and funk-soaked indie guitar licking backing a toned-down Palumbo, Decadance was a classic that woefully slipped under the radar.

However, lucky for us, 2008 should see in long-awaited third albums from both Head Automatica and Glassjaw.