A fever dream

"The Manchester band are attuned to the absurdity of our times. The hyperactive synth-pop of their fourth LP is full of surreal vignettes that reflect our increasingly nightmarish world".

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"Fortunately they've couched each depressing mess in some of their most bombastic and beautiful melodies to date, under the supervision of producer James Ford (Foals, Arctic Monkeys). `Desire' stomps about like Muse's `Uprising'; the pensive `New Deep' recalls the beloved Italian composer Einaudi; `Ivory Tower' illustrates the internet's oversaturation of opinions via a mad math-rock outro; and resolute closer `White Whale' reaches a moment of musical transcendence that Radiohead would be proud to call their own".

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