Following up 2005’s muchheralded and award-winning Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By, The Drones justify all the fuss and prove once again that they are among our land’s finest acts. From the dirty garage rock and intense lyrics of ‘I Don’t Ever Want To Change’ and ‘Jezebel’ (“I love you like a violin/I hurt you like an amputee”) to the slower countrytinged heartbreak of ‘Dog Eared’, Gareth Liddiard and co. create another cracker of an album that will surely ensure that their wellearned success continues. Highly recommended.

James Power is from Readings St Kilda