Wolf Gang: A man, a cat and a very brilliant pop single

The problem with Mika is that he is shit. And while there is a touch of the Mika to London singer/songwriter chap Wolf Gang, this man's grasp on flamboyant, roof-rasing pop music is far more realistic than anything from the horrific day-glo world in which Mika exists.

But alongside the Mika reference, there's a good deal of Arcade Fire's drama and MGMT's unifying boy-pop to his new single 'The King And All His Men'. The song is absolutely enormous, with restrained piano parts building towards a bloody huge chorus with choirs and and drums and fireworks and all-sorts going on. Like the king and all his men of the title, the song marches along relentlessly towards an amazing crescendo - and more importantly, a proper ending as a little piano tickles away all the brilliance to nothingness. It will leave you a little bit breathless. It will also leave you clicking to play the song again.

It's quite special and it is released on 19 October. You can buy it here on a vinyl record.

We also like his because he has a cat in his photo. Sadly, not one dressed up to look like a person, but as non-dressed up pets go, we think the one pictured above is fairly special in or out of a little skirt.

Here is a link to his MySpace page.

PS. There are two other songs on his MySpace which are also good but neither of them are the single.