THE WORST THING about "Voices of Animals and Men" is imagining what the Young Knives' third album will sound like. The English group wantonly devours the work of many forerunners, and this debut album was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill, who also supervised the Futureheads' first release. Yet the band the Knives most recall is Supergrass, and not just because both are trios from Oxford. Like early Supergrass, the Knives are bratty yet clever enough to justify it and draw on 1960s pop-rock as well as punk's near-infinite variety. But as its ambitions grew, Supergrass became a bore, which could easily happen to the Knives as well....
