This week: new albums from Beyoncé, Black Midi and Nebula. Also: another brick in the wall, AI side projects, a man of many parts, voice of the Beyhive, Getty archive beats, putting the mid in midrange, Gizzard completists, Crow bars, our large round number soundtrack special (and its two sequels), yet another thing millennials killed, from beyond the grave, UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT-B-A, Happyland erosion, sucking the air out of the room, getting written out of history, DIY joker weeks, violent hatreds and the national anthem of drunk engineering students dropping trou.

Next week we’re reviewing new albums from the Chats, Danger Mouse + Black Thought and Kasabian. 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.