This week: new albums from Puppy and Jessica Pratt, and a potted history of the Amen Break. Also: Not that kind of goat, Deathdeathdeath Amwayamwayamway, Chineweeze Democracy, MJ drivebys, musical building blocks, Amen brother, Centre for International Metal, MOAR SCREAMING, Pat Malone, San Franstinko, red flags on the Goldie, an elegant sufficiency of minutes, social media testicles, drizzle soundtracks, HI HO, minimum standards, Dutch grime, shouting at Spotify support, AJ Magnay: some folks say he's craazaayy, stabbing eastward, this land is mine, that new Deathrays-Briggs-Jesswar joint and the Like A Version ouroboros.

Next week: new albums from AJ Tracey and Gary Clark Jr. Review albums from current, recent and future eps are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2018 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums we reviewed last year and our work-in-progress 2019 Mixtape. Our full list of review albums is available here. You can get BALLS and After Dark in your ears via Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and hurl reckons at us via Twitter, Facebook and email.

Note: this ep was recorded before the sad loss of Prodigy frontman, British Superbike cult hero and BALLS/After Dark favourite Keith Flint. We'll be sure to remember him next week.