It has been a good few months for lo-fi rockers with Vive Voce, Joy Zipper and the White Stripes all releasing new material recently, while the Raveonettes will soon be unleashing their magnum opus. Now we can add Autolux to that list, but is it actually any good or a poor relation?

The answer is, a bit of both. Opener Turnstile Blues has an insistent guitar twang that elevates it above being some noise with some mostly indecipherable vocals over the top.

Autolux have been often compared to Sonic Youth, which is obviously quite a high watermark to try and reach, so it's no surprise that they fall short, but that's not to say that Future Perfect doesn't make a decent splash of its own.

Singer/bassist Eugene Goreshter has one of those classic flat indie voices - not to mention a great name - while Carla Azar shows Meg White what a real girl drummer can do at times, and Greg Edwards has a nice line in feedback from his guitar.

This is also an album that not only begs repeat listenings but positively rewards them. On first hearing, Future Perfect sounds pretty empty and dull, but once you have penetrated the feedback and general sonic cacaphony, there are some pretty little songs underneath.

A good example is Angry Candy, which has a memorable chorus that comes back to you like a memory of a dream you had a few weeks ago and takes you by surprise. The same can be said for many tracks here, and the album really does get better each time you hear it.

However, one thing you cannot shake is a feeling, even on the first listen, that you've heard it before and that is because Autolux aren't saying or doing anything new here. Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and Can are all mentioned far too often when talking about Autolux, and while the comparisons aren't as blatant as all that, they are definitely there.

It is ironic that an album called Future Perfect could be so rooted in the early 90s, but this one certainly is. While it is hardly a bad record and a great nostalgia trip for grown-up Generation X-ers, it doesn't have that spark of something new that the likes of Vive Voce have brought to the music world.