UNCLE JAM'S ARMY IS HERE. This week: new albums from Public Enemy, Deftones and A. Swayze & the Ghosts. Also: blaming it on the boogie, ageism, 80s mixtape energy, hope skips a generation, old man shouts at cloud, retconned pranks, things you don’t want on your CV in 2020, the parenthetical shoving of it, smashing helmets, don’t call it a comeback, 4am gym excitedness, is agit-punk a thing, Very South Melbourne, production choices, sounds from another time, has music been clocked, optional global roaming, hating everything on purpose for the win, Ugly Duckling cygnets without trace (sorry), ASMR-sholery, sounding like 1978, Little Simz before Little Simz, not getting excited, filthy casuals, executive chefs, tasting notes, Radiohead exceptionalism and least favourite kids. Next week: Andy Cooper, Osees and Detroit punk legends James Williamson and Denis Tek. Current and recent review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, along with our full archive of earlier review albums from 2020 and our long-awaited mixtape of our favourite tracks from therein. Our full list of all the new and classic albums we've reviewed on the pod and Beeso's kids playlist are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.