You won’t find too many pop punk entries from me in our POV hall of fame, but though it might not be my usual playground, I’m not immune to an upbeat rhythm, feel-good vibes and damn catchy hooks, and that’s exactly what Chief State manage here.

Like Roam back in their early EP days, Chief State manage a few flashes of instrumental cleverness that makes ‘Broken Eyes’ stand out against an otherwise overcrowded and homogenised genre. The nifty stop-start intro grabbed my initial attention and the infectious vocals and guitar lead lines kept it held to the end. The track comes from the band’s upcoming EP ‘Nothing More Than This’ and in the words of the band themselves, hopefully “I’ll keep coming back for more and more.”