The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly

While Oasis and Blur were slugging it out in the Great Battle of Britpop, a host of other bands basked in the shared attention, and got on with trying to make their stamp on the pop charts.

Hailing from Hounslow, The Bluetones were the right band, at the right time. And armed with a remarkable debut album, they briefly left their peers in the rear-view mirror, as they conquered the charts in 1996.

This is the story of how this unassuming band created one of the crowning jewels of the Britpop era, and how Expecting to Fly might just be the great album the Stone Roses never made...