Billy Talent’s rise to prominence continues with this latest offering.

Not as intense as Red Flag or Devil In A Midnight Mass but still offering the same punk-rock riffs and infamous barking vocals, Fallen Leaves follows the tale of a friend’s drug addiction, whilst providing a slightly more radio-friendly racket than before. It almost sounds to be heading in the direction of a sea-shanty with its arm-swinging choruses, but they stop well clear of embarrassing parodies.

Ian D’sa proves once more that he is the driving force behind the bands quirky, jerky sound, constructing a scatterbrain riff to accompany Ben Kowalewicz’s near-manic voice. Scratch beneath the surface of this and it reveals a chorus line that is synchronised beautifully between the two of them and bassist Jon Gallant, with melodies jittering up and down in scale before unifying for the rousing ‘Fallen leaves/On the ground’ finale.

It won’t do Billy Talent any harm with this release; it may entice a few new faces into their legions of fans with the songs’ mildly mainstream angle, but there are still stronger tracks on the album that could work better if you were looking for standout gems. Still, you can’t complain when a song this good is seen as filler.