31 and still adoring music? Why not try growing the fuck up. Even with mortgages, qualifications, conversational skills, real life sexual partners and your own roller blinds it can be difficult to persuade a lot of other grown ups that you are missing something in your mind. Why can’t I enjoy using my Dyson and salivate over ludicrously priced Nurse with Wound LPs on Ebay? Still unable to kick the habit and officially in my 30s (first single bought Monkey theme TV tune, last CD bought The Holy Bible reissue), here are three songs that make me feel good, young and old. If you though 21 to 24 went fast, wait till you get to 28.

Fatima Mansions– Angels Delight, [Viva Dead Ponies]

Opening your second album with a song about killing authority figures (“I got a word for you: dead”), specifically Cops in 1990 took a fair pair of balls even for a man as angry as lead singer Cathal Coughlan. Swerving between warmly crooned verses and spitting bellowing choruses filled with just coherent hate. The sound of such intense anger in a man old enough to know right from testosterone still beats the shit out of your top o’the NME download charts unruly tearaways. That kind of rowdy swing your guitar around like an At the Drive-In gig aimless fury or energizer Bunny style de la Rocha antics is for the kids.

[visit an unofficial website here, buy Viva Dead Ponies here]

Silverginger5– Sonic Shake, [Black Leather Mojo]

Speaking of kids, this tracks features an awesome chorus of shouting snotty nosed kids. Hard to really go wrong with that kind of chorus especially as the rest of the lyrics features a cast of youthful of burnouts, freaks and loons. A much ignored Wildhearts side-project of bouncy chunky glam rock which places melody and riffs over posturing (although they have been known to set off a few pyros) for this opener from their hard to find album. Energetic shout-along fun without being McFly; you don’t need to take the hoodie, gel and trainers option to get your rock on.

[buy Black Leather Mojo here]

Adem– These Are Your Friends, [These Are Your Friends EP]

This is more like it, a nice piece of spindly but affectionate folksy stuff to chill with. Sit back with your memories, longings, regrets and unspoken lumps in your chest with something musically reminiscent of some of those incredible acoustic Pumpkins outings. Filling out as it progresses with percussive touches, plucking strings and bells. Moving steadily along the song picks up sounds and instruments as it moves, keeping some discarding others. “With a Little Help from my Friends” without the friends, “All You Need is Love” looking for love.

[visit Adem’s website here, buy These Are Your Friends EP here]