The long years since Television Personalities' best records (1978's Part-Time Punks, 1989's The Painted Word) have seen battered ideologue Dan Treacy hanging on to "indie legend" status by his fingernails amid acrimonious splits from former bandmates, mental problems, drug addiction and a spell in prison. Now the band, such as it is, return, hailed as "the original Babyshambles" - as if that were a bandwagon anyone would wish to clamber aboard - with their highest profile release in 11 years.

Much of My Dark Places is uncomfortable listening, Treacy's self-pity confers an additional tragic cast on the songs and the music rattles and creaks somewhere between lo-fi and inept. There are moments of genuine creepiness, particularly Ex Girlfriend Club. A largely unedifying experience, My Dark Places leaves you feeling grubby and sordid, like a voyeur.