Bouncing out to the sound of wailing sirens and flashing red and blue lights, The Dead 60s rode high on the wave of media hype and recent Stateside success.

Signed to Liverpool's cool-as-milk Deltasonic label, alongside sea-shanty-singing Scouse mates The Coral, the dub-ska four-piece were here to combat the cool reception given to their eponymous debut album, officially released in the UK on September 25.

The Dead 60s have got gigging down to a fine art and it's only when you see them live that the pure quality and vibe of the music is felt.

Take popular crowd-pleaser Riot Radio, for example, a punked-up mix of reggae grooves and sharpedged guitar ska, it sent the audience into a kneebending, head-thrusting frenzy.

Next came hits Loaded Gun and The Last Resort, alongside album fillers Nowhere and We Get Low, which, live, were transformed from nondescript rambles into three-minute bouts of groove-ridden sonic perfection.

Things couldn't possibly get any better when the band dropped in their dope-friendly debut single You're Not The Law.

With a whole bunch of songs celebrating the likes of The Clash, The Specials and countless godfathers of reggae, The Dead 60s have waved goodbye to the southern view that all Scouse bands must be Beatles wannabes.

They've chosen an almost-deserted, dusty road through musical history and successfully oriented themselves back to the Noughties with credibility intact.

In fact, these boys have almost single-handedly created a new scene.

Dressed casually and with shaven heads, the band members resemble a bunch of street corner hooligans.

Add this image to the music they're making and you've got a Seventies ska revival just waiting to happen.

Unlike mod/punk mish-mashers The Ordinary Boys, The Dead 60s haven't become lost in the woods of musical influence.

In sound and performance alike, they played as though they had invented the ska-punk genre, with the only give-away being lead singer Matt McManamon's youthfully enthusiastic screams of "Come On Brighton! Let's f***ing 'ave it!".

Given the right environment (probably in a field accompanied by uncondonable chemicals), The Dead 60s could easily become your new favourite band. If you were lucky enough to catch them at this year's Glastonbury, Reading or Leeds festivals, then you'll know for yourself that The Dead 60s are (ahem) Dead Good.