Ten Tonnes - Ten Tonnes

The Guardian 60

(Warner Bros)

Ah, the curse of the younger sibling, invariably discussed in relation to their more famous relations. Ten Tonnes – Ethan Barnett, 22, the younger brother of George Ezra – is no Solange, the cooler, artier, more plugged-in of the two Knowles sisters, who heavily influenced Beyoncé’s aesthetic.

Still, you can insert a cigarette paper or two between these Hertfordshire tunesmiths. Ten Tonnes’ songs – like Better Than Me or Give – may be breezy guitar singalongs, but they are a smidge less Jack Wills and a tad more Kooks than George Ezra’s. Co-production and co-songwriting credits on this tuneful debut album go to an ex-Maccabee (Hugo White), Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs’ songwriter), Crispin Hunt (former Longpig) and others, proving 90s and 00s indie rock survivors can carve out a second life for themselves.