Mush - Down ToolsLeeds art rock group Mush (Dan Hyndman vocals guitar, Phil Porter drums, Nick Grant bass, Myles Kirk guitar) are set to return with album Down Tools on 8 July 2022 via Memphis Industries. The new record marks the prolific bands third album in as many years, following hypebuilding early singles Alternative Facts and Gig Economy, 2020s debut LP 3D Routine and 2021's acclaimed Lines Redacted, which pushed their sound further and, as Uncut wrote, saw them

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Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes is another example of a song that found its true calling after the fact

but there’s also a nod to The Cure’s Disintegration and even Saint Etienne

hardåÊpanned double drums resurrect dead heartbeats: load thyåÊcrossbow

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Warm and rippling

The artwork for ‰Û÷Preternaturals‰۪ is by Turner PrizeåÊnominee Mark Titchner

The  trick to it all

riffs that all can sing along to

In addition to 1991’s Mavericks (RNA Records) Holsapple and Stamey also paired up for 2009’s hERE & nOW (Bar/None)

·The album’s title is a morphing of the phrase “Ecky Thump” which is an exclamation of surprise or wonderment in Northern England

there was a chance to be incredibly measured and thoughtful