This week: new albums from Canadian indie kids Metric, midwest thunderlords Telekinetic Yeti and Swedish weirdbirds Viagra Boys. Also: ASMR-souls, head cleaner, imperial measures, sub-prime La Roux, dominant backlines, cubic metres of noise, unseen outside captivity, not quite a tiny desk, variations on a theme, do your own research, old people music, stolen MIND THOUGHTS, dogs needing oil, strange babies, the least worst of late Britpop, bad places to consume all your stash, the only winner from the Splendour washout, big in Japan, almost a word, mindfulness exercises, throwing money at washed idiots, LIV and let die, ‘avagoyamug, suboptimal guards, history’s greatest martyr and maintaining our standards of discourse. 

Next time: new albums from Momma, Baby Strange and Kula Shaker. All our recent review albums can be found on our album review playlist on Spotify - our full 2022 review archive is also up there, along with our 2022 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 (including our top 5s from previous years) is 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.