No Fighting In The War Room is the debut album from hotly-tipped Sheffield four-piece Harrisons. Fans of earthy lyrics, northern accents, hard guitars and good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll read on, but don’t be too quick to pigeonhole – Harrisons may hail from the same fertile scene that spawned the ubiquitous Arctic Monkeys, but this debut album is in a class of its own. “We feel we have made an album of diversity,” say the band. “It sounds like everything we wanted and more."

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Fit is the latest single from Windmill, the Buckinghamshire-based artist who, through the majesty of his debut album, Puddle City Racing Lights, is already being described as the British answer to Arcade Fire. Possessed of a voice like Neil Young on a helium comedown, Windmill’s songs swell with bruised emotions, fragile melodies and bombastic orchestration. Beginning with a sting of brass, Fit finds Windmill pleading, “Please pull your weight,” over the ubiquitous piano, jagged guitars and cacophonous drums.

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“Whirring” is the debut single from Arms, aka 24-year old Brooklynite and multi-instrumentalist Todd Goldstein. In Arms (one of Goldstein’s three bands, including indie pop up-and-comers Harlem Shakes and lo-fi duo the Sea & the Gulls), influences ranging from Stephen Merritt to Slowdive to post-punk are channelled into music that looks beyond the usual realms of the singer songwriter – think of Arms as a band, but with one person calling all the artistic shots.

In Arms’ incandescent first single “Whirring” (and its B-side, “Jon The Escalator”), a Chameleons-esque shimmer engulfs a soaring, hopeful melody, with lyrics alluding to the time when Goldstein first moved to New York, struggling to cope with big city life. Clearly, the sound of the Big Apple got under his skin – his songs are, at once, very personal and very New York.

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Heading up the hotly anticipated debut album No Fighting In The War Room, Dear Constable is the latest single from Sheffield scamps Harrisons. And like previous releases Wishing Well, Blue Note and Monday’s Arms, it’s another blue-collar belter; a vitriolic rant set to an infectious dance beat.

“Dear Constable is basically an open letter of complaint to society,” say the band. “It kind of sums up what we’re all about – it’s got a good solid groove and, unlike a lot of music today, it actually says something.”