This week: our final new albums of 2022 courtesy Hermanos Gutiérrez, Vero and Alien Nosejob. Also: Cocktail hour, the mighty ‘buch, phat Alberts, the winner of Beatles vs Stones, this died in the R’s, last pick remorse, differences of opinion, best vs most important, Maverick and Mimi, singlehandedly keeping the practical effects industry alive, the_blues_respecter logs on, presumptive tiering, 99 not out, could you be any more Guardian, Serious High-level Intensive Trial research, this isn’t made for you, the Waste of Time, keeping the spirit of Christmas alive, reinventing Whamageddon, Mariah-Celine PTSD and ’tis the season to get cancelled. 

We’re back in the second week of Jan with our annual tripping balls AOTY Special, counting down our favourite review albums from 2022. Our current and recent album review playlist is available on Spotify, along with our full 2022 review archive and our 2022 tripping balls mixtape, made 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.