The danger created by their debut album 'Fire' was that Electric Six could quite easily have seen themselves written off as nothing more than a student wheeze.

The excellent, and by now infamous 'Gay Bar', which lead the way for their brand of chaotic and fairly un-PC rock and roll humour, could easily have seen them written off as your average run-of-them-mill novelty band.

But Senor Smoke shows the Detroit rockers are in no way suffering from tricky second album syndrome.

The album kicks off in expected style with Rock and Roll Evacuation, which is the most rocking song on the album, where as the fourth track, Jimmy Carter marks a departure from the band's usual mix of raucous guitars and synthesizers, featuring acoustic guitars no less.

The remorseless mockery of popular music's seemingly un-endless conceitedness continues with tracks such as "Dance Epidemic", and the Captain Beefheart-esque nonsense of "Dance-A-Thon 2005".

Those expecting a replay of 'Fire' are going to be left disappointed, the album doesn't contain any tracks like 'gay bar' or 'danger! high voltage' but then that really isn't a bad thing.

It's time to admit that Electric Six can no longer be dismissed as mere rock 'n' roll tomfoolery.