With a title inspired by a Martin Amis novel, another cleverly crafted, catchy seventh retro synth-pop LP by the Liverpool-formed quartet, rich in influences from Kraftwerk and krautrock to Gary Numan and Stereolab. Postly recorded in Mogwai’s Glasgow studio Castle of Doom, it is filled with textured, spacey synthscapes and various paces and expressing a colourful yet dystopian sci-fi style, they are at their best in a driving pop format encapsulated in the standout track City of Angels, also a former Song of the Day here. Other standouts include Faces, International Dateline, the Kraftwerk-esque Flight from Angkor, We Never Went Away, and the title track. With the same personnel since first forming in 1999, they’ve been consistently good and this new album is no exception. Out on Cooking Vinyl.
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