Three minutes of stuttering guitar pop that owes equal debts to Sonic Youth and The Cure, this is a neatly packaged surprise for all fans of Britain’s homegrown talent.` Sounding like Bloc Party with rougher edges and a growling bellyful of distorted guitar noise, Reading five-piece The Race deserve a place in the starting blocks for this year’s indie contenders.` Whether they have the staying power to be first past the finishing line is another matter, but on this evidence alone they certainly have the legs`