This week: new albums from Even, Lisi and Warbly Jets. Also: you make me sick I make music, dramatic beats vs actual beats, Hennessy on a XXXX Gold budget, u wot m8, straight outta Goodna, a product of its times, 2017 wasn’t such a crap year after all, the last interesting U2 album, melancholywobbles, deep in his bag, suspension of disbelief, Fisher-Price My First Beats, Frogstomp to Neon Ballroom, this is not a tribute, abrasive high-energy output, all cheese all the time, shouts to la niña, the worst part of early parenthood, getting your rig out for no reason, sledging time, lying about your age, fit but you just know it and taking it to the grave.

Next week: Birdz, gloo and the Darkness (and not Wolfmother, but if you want to give that a crack don’t let us stop you). 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.