After 2022’s Unlearning debut LP, the Glasgow band return with another fabulously stylish fusion of glam-pop and art-rock, channelling Scary Monsters-era Bowie and The Associates in a theatrical, energised album of glittering panache. Short prelude number Seed raises the curtain with orchestral flourishes before the theatrical Gnomes, into the thumping glam disco Come Undone, which has a particularly Bowie-esque flavour in the opulent voice and close-mic then luxuriant warble of frontman Jocelyn Si, again then the China Girl-reminiscent title track. It’s all wonderfully entertaining, unfolding like a camp pop musical about life’s vulnerabilities and heartbreaks, with the the light funk of the witty You Make Me Feel So Dumb, the gentler Pearl, the abstractly offbeat Black Chocolate, the woozy country feel of Jocelyn, the rousing sea story of another real standout The Captain, the melodramatic Weeping Willow, all the way to closer Before The Walls. Dramatic, bold, clever and truly tremendous. Out on Lucky Number Music.
Walt Disco
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