A nicely-priced, new year’s Novamute taster, chucking out intrigue by the melting pot-load. New signing Meloboy marks his introduction with a surreally Casio-camp, electro-pop cover of Marc Bolan ending up in the acid wash, though it’s Luke Slater’s ‘Play the Cut’ that’s the pick of this preview, heads-down fireworks with an obnoxious punk sneer. For an 8-tracker, highlights are plentiful, specifically Woody McBride’s chrome polish psychotherapy on ‘Do You Think?’, Cristian Vogel’s ‘Typewriter of the Dead’ living out a synth nightmare, and Motor’s elastically-charged race-against-time shouting ‘Botox’ to those giving chase.
4 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Matt Oliver