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Are the Airborne Toxic Event chancers or artists? On the one hand, the way they occupy a musical point equidistant from Arcade Fire, the Killers and the Strokes suggests a talent for cynical triangulation that would do a powerseeking politician proud. On the other, their way with a melody and an arrangement is undeniable. The LA sextet's debut album is packed with widescreen rock of very high quality – does it matter if every single element of it has been heard elsewhere? The debts are greatest in the most memorable songs: current single Sometime Around Midnight could have fitted comfortably on to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible. But, given how much how many people loved that album, one might well call that a tribute to the undeniable power of Mikkel Jollet's songwriting. Don't be surprised if this lot are filling arenas before very long.