Australia's Vines continue to outgrow their Nirvana influences on their third album.

Vision Valley is a surprisingly poppy effort, and Craig Nicholls' vocals sound cleaner than ever, though he does revert to his howling younger self on songs like F*k Yeh and Dope Train.

The more melodic tunes suit the group well, with the restrained title track bordering on loveliness.

At the album's tail end there are two songs that sound like Supergrass at that band's most elegiac: Atmos and Spaceship deliver a real payoff for the band's growing infatuation with studio recording.

If this is a sign of things to come, there may be great things in store for The Vines.

Track Listing:

1. Anysound
2. Nothins Comin
3. Dandy Daze
4. Vision Valley
5. Don't Listen to the Radio
6. Gross Out
7. Take Me Back
8. Going Gone
9. Fuk Yeh
10. Futuretarded
11. Dope Train
12. Atmos
13. Spaceship