They have improved enormously since the early days, when they sounded like they were playing Woolworths guitars. Musically now, they're really tight. They've also got a new guitarist, which has helped.
Saw them in Bristol two years ago (just before the first lockdown), and it was one of the...
One of my all-time fave bands - I think Nigel Blackwell is a lyrical genius.
What's struck me about the last two albums is that amidst the customary satire and wry mocking of ex-TV stars, retired footballers and Z-list celebrities, are the melancholy songs about approaching mortality and the...