'Listen to this lot,' he said, 'they're part Bombay Bicycle Club and part Maccabees, with elements of the Little Ones and Magic Kids.' Now, we've actually featured most of those in this column over the years, and we still haven't a clue what they sound like (at least with the Little Ones we've got an excuse – they were the first New Band of the Day and it was a long time ago). We were hardly enticed to play the damn thing by comparisons, made by a friend, between Last Dinosaurs and a bunch of bands who have almost completely passed us by. We're no more fans of guitar-based indie pop than we are of the sea shanties and polka dottiness of yesterday's new band, but when it's done as well as it is on In a Million Years, with such exuberance and finesse, it suddenly becomes our favourite genre in the world, ever. When was the last great Go-Betweens LP? The point is, listening to Last Dinosaurs' debut album In a Million Years you don't feel like laughing at his, or her, assertion, you feel like applauding. The background: Last Dinosaurs are a four-piece whose debut album has been described by one magazine as 'a strong contender' for best Australian album of the last two decades. The lineup: Sean Caskey (vocals, guitars), Lachlan Caskey (lead guitars), Sam Gethin-Jones (bass), Dan Koyama (drums).

Steve the jumping dinosaur