ANYBODY who remembers 1995 will think back on more than just floppy fringes and forced Mancunian accents.
And while Supergrass may not be the first band who spring to mind from those bygone Britpop days, it's certainly hard to forget some of their hits. Caught By The Fuzz and Alright remain indie disco classics to this day.
Now, 13 years and six albums down the line, they are making their latest return, older and wiser, one would have thought, with new album Diamond Hoo Ha.
Gone are the days of these shaggy-haired young upstarts stomping their way through catchy floor-fillers. Now we have, well, shaggy-haired, albeit slightly older, upstarts stomping their way through catchy floor-fillers.
This is an album made for the live arena, made for people to gather to and party like it's 1995.
Recent single and opening track Diamond Hoo Ha Man owes more than a little to the sound of the White Stripes.
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And like the stripped back majesty of the Stripes, Diamond Hoo Ha Man launches the album with pomp and a fiery intent.
Meanwhile, Rebel In You, Ghost Of A Friend, and Outside all invoke Britpop at its confident, melodic peak.
They can't all be winners; 345 is fairly forgettable, but that is the only one.
Diamond Hoo Ha is a reminder Supergrass are still here and boasting some absolutely stonking tunes.
Youth may no longer be on their side, and they may not boast the same arrogant chic they enjoyed in their Britpop heyday.
But they have produced an album of subtle and intelligent class, cleverly mixing influences, sounding just as fresh and bright as their sneering, fast-paced debut 13 years ago.
For a band who once claimed to be Alright, they have moved on a step or two since then.
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