That My Computer are possibly Manchester's most eclectic band is pretty much confirmed by the first three tracks of their new album, which are by turns thrash punk/chill-out, folky pop and funky electronica. Welcome back to the crazy world of Andrew Chester and David Luke.

Produced by Radiohead/Stone Roses helmman John Leckie, My Computer rarely sounds anything like those bands and certainly doesn't sound much like anyone else for more than a few minutes at a time.

Opening track Lonely finds the guitars turned right up and thrashing away rather uncharacteristically before falling away into a chill-out track that could be Royksopp. This kind of genre-hopping makes My Computer a very special band, but also an acquired taste.

Their first album Vulnerabilia was one of the best releases of 2002, but ended up with sales that would shame most pub bands because no-one seemed to 'get it', figuratively or literally. They were even dropped by their record company, and were only saved by a copy falling into the hands of Leckie.

He moved up to a B&B near their studio for three months to help them record this follow-up, which will hopefully attract the kind of attention it deserves. One of the standout tracks is Life, which is almost impossible to describe other than maybe Badly Drawn Boy playing one of his folky tunes whilst some kind of madman makes electronic noises over the top. It works, needless to say.

Dig A Hole however, sounds like a very strange Prince song, veering off occasionally into middle-eastern music. Lyrically, My Computer are quite close to Pink Floyd, with Life coming across a bit like Time from Dark Side Of The Moon: "Life is a series of keeping things to yourself."

The Boy I Used To Be is the best track on No CV, with military drumming and a very epic scope taking in all kinds of incongruous noises. Again, it's all quite bleak, but at the same time very ambitious. My Computer have often been compared to Radiohead, partly because of their name, but if anything this album is even more impressive than OK Computer. The problem for them is that it still probably won't sell as well...