Kenny Anderson is back with King Creosote's third album and was recorded right here in Manchester earlier this year with local boys The Earlies backing him up, and is probably the Fence Collective's finest hour so far. Now, can he follow former Fence alumni and Mercury Music prize nominee KT Tunstall into the national arena?

To be honest, it's unlikely that King Creosote can match her success, for one thing he is rather less photogenic, being a scruffy guy with a beard rather than a pretty lady.

But his music is also much less commercial than anything off Eye To The Telescope and is firmly grounded in the grass-roots approach that he so loves. KC Rules OK may be his biggest release so far, but it is still a long way from the mainstream pop that Tunstall sings.

And it's all the better for it, with his lovely melodies washing over you like an Autumn breeze, right from opener Not One Bit Ashamed. It starts with muted horns before building up to a lovely chorus, while You Are Could I? also has the Pet Sounds-esque horn sound as well as a more Scottish-sounding pacey rhythm, like the one that Belle and Sebastian have built a career out of.

Anderson doesn't have the sweetest voice in the world, but he shows on tracks like The Vice Like Gist Of It that there's enough character there, a bit like Loudon Wainwright III, to carry a very plaintive song. Jump At The Cats is much more upbeat tune, starting with a harmonica blast before the rather bizarre lyrics kick in: 'Jumping at the cats with nothing on. Surprise!' Indeed.

While KC Rules OK won't send King Creosote sky-rocketing into the pop stratosphere, it is exactly the kind of album you would hope to hear from him and you suspect that he would be rather perturbed to see adverts for it on TV right after the latest Crazy Frog ring-tone.