A lengthy title for a short, snappy, cleverly interwoven eclectic indie-dancefloor-postpunk experimental third LP by the Liverpool band with a theme of duality, a cyclical intro and outro, and each song paired with a balanced counterpart, sharing specific sonic elements. Ready then? Orchestral string movements morph into cavernous industrial noise. The opener begins with folky fiddle and classical strings in fast arpeggios before jagged strings, strange, distorted vocals and a pulsating dance number attacks in Stealth Rollback. It shares and interpolate the same drum and string sample with final track Likely Place To Be, but uses them completely differently. This is instantly arresting work. Pause at You is a thrumming banger highlight, Namcy has echoes of The Strokes crossed with The Killers, Eleven Sent is perhaps the closest to conventional, catchy indie-pop with a dash of Cornershop, with After You is swaggering grunge-indie. But perhaps the oddest, and most fascinating is the 6-minute multi-section semi-title track Lust For Life, featuring distorted voices, jazz, folk, then building up into big Killers-style chorus. Motorbike sounds run through the album, and finally intro and outro mirror one another from orchestral to speeding dance punk track. A band now in full throttle. What a ride. Out on Lower Third / PIAS.
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