Malcolm Middleton, formerly of the Falkirk duo Arab Strap, has been cheerfully adding to the world's reserves of miserable lyrics since his solo career took off in 2002. Five albums later, the gloom keeps on flowing - favoured topics include career failure and romantic catastrophe. But it's good robust Scottish gloom, served with a chaser of wry humour - on "Carry Me", the narrator realises with a start that he hasn't been spending his life "partying in Rio in yachts with my white suit on". The self-produced songs tend to go on a bit but Middleton's affable presence keeps the enterprise afloat.