It sounds as if Cardiff’s finest have been reinvigorated by their recent shows under the guise of revered original band Mclusky.
Their last two albums too often succumbed to wackiness, but on record No 5 they have boiled it down to the essence - guitars that could strip paint, a bone- shaking rhythm section, and Andy Falkous’s absurdist fury.
Like a Dadaist take on Shellac, The Peace and Truce of . . . barrels by in a lean, extremely mean 39 minutes.
Indeed, this is arguably the toughest, most focused any Falkous vehicle has been for nearly a decade.
In a Former Life snarls and Running All Over the Wicket swaggers.
And while the title of Back When I Was Brilliant appears to acknowledge that loss of form, Falkous need not worry: the future of Future of the Left looks bright.
