Working For A Nuclear Free City - 8/10

The Beta Band were brilliant. They existed in their own electronic netherworld and when they split, Steve Mason forged a solo path that continues today.

Now on their fifth album, Manchester outfit Working For A Nuclear Free City (try fitting that on the front of a T-shirt) have picked up the frazzled, lo-fi Beck-ish baton, and while they're not running, they're definitely swaying. Opener 'Bottlerocket' sounds like Mani at his best is powering the bassline and the trippy 'Ordinary People', like the Betas before, is as weird as it's wonderful. Meanwhile 'Run' channels The Beach Boys' harmonies and sends them to Salford.

All in all, an impressive album

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