Headlights' debut, "Kill them with Kindness" is a mixed bag of an album. On one hand, it's musically very strong, padding the ground paved by such bands as Stars, the Shins and Spoon (though the fact that these similarities all begin with ‘S' is purely coincidental). However, on the other hand, it's, well, not very memorable. Not one of the songs has you humming along after work after bugging you all day with a nagging chorus like Stars can do, or have that little hook that the Shins can have that just has you begging for another hit. No, it just fades into the background, which is both reassuring and relatively forgettable.

"Your Old Street" opens up the album, starting with a wave of soaring strings that would be just at home on any movie soundtrack, before plunging into a jauntier xylophone led by Erin Fein's haunting vocals, like a more fragile Amy Millan. It's a meandering song, beautiful and haunting, yet also decidedly without purpose – it would be perfect as background music in a film, but without the story being visible the song's meaning is lost.

"TV" follows it up, a rockier number, with stadium-filling guitars, however Erin's stunning voice seems a bit too low down in the mix, drowned out by the pounding guitars, almost creating a sort of My Bloody Valentine sound, haunting, yet introspective and layered.

Erin Fein is perhaps the latest in a surge of females in indie bands, joining the ranks of Tegan and Sara, Stars' Amy Millan, Architecture in Helsinki's Kellie Sutherland and Trespassers Williams' Anna-Lynne Williams. Her vocals however often seem too low down in the mix, and without enough power, sounding far too fragile to go a whole gig, let alone a whole tour. However, for this (rather shallow) reviewer, the fact that she's qwute is the clincher for me – both quirky and cute, she brings the band from (probable) obscurity to (the equivalent of) "The O.C." soundtrack botherers.

"Songy Darko" (yes, that is its rather child-like title) opens like Placebo's "I'll Be Yours", a gentle drum and synth combo, before the haunting refrain of "It's Time You're on your way" makes it have an "end of the road" vibe to it.

"Lions" has a tiny hint of Belle and Sebastian about it, a summery high-school tale of love over pounding guitars, a relatively loud number compared to the earlier tracks. "Lions" partners perfectly with its neighbour, "Lullabies" which slows the pace down with its wistful lyrics, and summery disposition.

To round out the album, they go back to their "Words Make You Tired" has a hint of MGMT in bed with Stars about it, whilst penultimate track "Signs Point to Yes (But Outlook Not So Good)" is a bizarre mix of early Feeder (the Welsh indie band) and Stars – a more experimental track, but still reasonably good, showing promise.

Overall, a mixed album: strong in some respects, but also fairly forgettable. They're definitely ones to watch for the future, as they find their "sound" instead of messing around with all of the different sounds that are heard on this album. Hopefully future efforts will be much more consistent, and this album's brightest moments can be sustained throughout on future releases.