Well well. All hail the nation’s most celebrated junkie – the ‘venerable’ Pete Doherty – has got his shit together for long enough to release a single with Babyshambles.

I have to admit to being one of those tabloid readers who scratches my head at every Doherty story and wonders if I’ve ever heard one of his songs. Well, now I have.

Fair play to Babyshambles, I honestly expected them to be a gaseous bag of hype, but Delivery is a pretty good track. It’s got a fairly typical indie sound (reminds me a little bit of The La’s – remember them?), and a decent chorus that will probably be memorable with a few repetitions.

Notice that I’m not bowled over though. I don’t see the ‘genius’ of the pimply legend. Certainly not enough musical talent to keep the bugger out of jail – what’s that all about?

Ah well, we’ll give them a thumbs up for trying, shall we?