This week: new albums from Kings, the Datsuns and You Am I. Also: the absolute temerity, trap beats and coke raps, No-tearoa, tropes under licence, terrible segues, full Nashville Cletus, good Lenny Kravitz vibes?, sense of propulsion, Before The Muse Paradox, melted goths, performative past tense, Devils slander, get mad and get even, the Men’s Shed of 90s indie, songs ruined by popular culture, White Stripes gateway drugs, Wolf Something, not quite Aardman and getting St Vincented. Next time: new albums from Wolf Alice, Skegss and Sleater-Kinney. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with 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.