This week: new albums from the Melvins, Blu DeTiger and shame, committing to early decisions, comedy genius, the leftovers, unmatched high points, MA15+ ratings, beached as bro, margarine jingles, all about that bass, deep Norwegian, the boomers win again, no umlauts, who brings cameras to a bush doof, problematic search terms, waiting for April, Festy Hall souvenirs, explaining Fat Pizza, rock ghosts and everything is Ric’s. Next week's new albums are by Nopes, Grouplove and the Notwist. Recent new review albums are in our album review playlist on Spotify, which also has our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys 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.