Never mind the headlines—the story of The Libertines is about two besotted songwriters, Pete Doherty and Carl Barât, bashing scratchy hell out of their guitars and each other, and bellowing grimy London street poetry into the same mic. “Time for Heroes” and “Can't Stand Me Now” offer a scuffed romantic vision of literate, dramatic and witty British guitar pop, while “Don't Look Back Into the Sun” is a breezy pop ditty lit from within by screams, feedback and sonic chaos. This is a band constantly on the verge of falling over, or falling out.