This week: new stuff from Melbourne's Cast Down and LA's Ex Hex. Also: self-deconstruction, is it just me, the flail of the wild, bones of pop, the influence game, nostalgia for a time you never experienced, Beeso's Quality Used Cars, Tape 40 Australia, wind machine feels, Accidental Album Of The Week, three course meals, chasing white whales, bane of the algorithm, Bullish on UK grime, ChemBros on the J Files, Doc's busy week and malt money, malt problems. Then a quick After After Dark on the problems with J Files, weekly discovery and recent classics. Beeso's back in two weeks to rate new albums from Hot Lunch and Little Simz; before that, next week sees Adamhfoto join the Doc to review new Priests and Fat Cops (and possibly offer a weary veteran-parental view on the Gurge's new kids album.) All these and previous 2019 review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our 2019 After Dark Mixtape of our favourite tracks from albums reviewed this year. Our 2018 Mixtape is worth a listen; 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.