Take no heroes! Some moments are to be treasured forever ...

Looking back it is the rise and rise of The Jam that is, more than anything else, a towering beacon on the hope against the present gloomy musical backdrop ... What is inspiring is that The Jam have progressed so much and changed attitudes so visibly ...

Weller has shifted massively, away from the early casual youth anthems that pinpointed the division as young v. old, towards songs that deal with far greater ogres, far greater issues -- an issue as great as a ´class´ ... the point is this -- a change in attitudes is hope. And if you sneer at hope, you sneer at progress ...

Meantimes The Jam have split and left us with the hippiest of anthems ... an album that frames all those nights of fire and accelerated passions, 14 tracks that chart The Jam´s heady progress ... the difference between The Jam and all the hopeless pop ephemerality’s is the difference between a (red) harrington and an anorak ...

The Jam have style and significance ... DIG THE NEW BREED is a sharp package ... Maybe the last authentic mod record ...

There will be greater moments, sure, but for a while this one is great enough. Sublime sound, sublime vision -- The Jam were the best. Take inspiration!