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Mclusky review – back after 20 years, the Welsh absurdists are still funny, sweary and frantic
Showcasing their first album in 21 years, the trio range from furious to hypnotically groovy, the music as taut as a stretched elastic band
The frontman’s ongoing struggles with tinnitus and hyperacusis mean he now has to perform wearing noise-cancelling headphones and needs a plexiglass sound barrier around Jack Egglestone’s drum kit, but with new bassist Damien Sayall thrashing away like his life depended on it they’ve lost none of their intensity. Meanwhile, Falco’s dizzying imagery and teeth-gritted delivery suggest a brilliantly absurdist wordsmith and wit in the tradition of Pere Ubu’s David Thomas or the Fall’s Mark E Smith. Photograph: Gary Calton/The GuardianBack in the day, singles with titles such as Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues or the superb Alan Is a Cowboy Killer were never destined to go Top 20, but are now greeted like old friends, with newbies such as Way of the Exploding Dickhead running them close already.
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