Ahead of the release of Songs of a Lost World – their first album in 16 years – we rate the best of a band who combine light and dark like no other

A little overshadowed by Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’s pop masterpiece Just Like Heaven, Catch nevertheless has a lovely, shambolic charm all of its own: its pattering drums, violin, unexpected bursts of wah-wah guitar sound as if they were recorded live, and Smith’s vocal as if it was recorded when he was half asleep.

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