The 10th Studio Album in a 35 year career sees this Classic British Band finesse their ribald recipe of roots randomness into a carnival of colour, sound and surrealism. Recorded with producer Jim Knight, this collection mixes folk and pop, rock and reel, rhythm and roll, blues and soul and gives it a damn good shaking. The Men They Couldn't Hang have long mixed poignant political epics with potent frenzy, once being compared to a `riot in a fairground'. Those qualities are not only present but super charged in the melodic blizzards of `Pone' and `Sirens'; knuckleduster vocals, jet powered harmonies and martial mandolins all present. Ballads like `Four Winds Blow' and `Three Ships Sailing' continue the knack for widescreen mythology, evocations of past and future, while `The Amazing Carrier Bag' goes through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole with a Kinksian take on the surreal whimsy of Brexit and the punk rock autobiographical anthem `Right Time, Right Place, Right Song' puts it all into perspective with Cheshire Cat peek into the secret of The Men They Couldn't Hang enduring success and longevity.
