THIS WEEK’S CD RELEASES

The 1975 Notes On A Conditional Form Outnow★★★★★

The 1975’s fourth album begins with a Greta Thunberg lecture, then proceeds through squalling punkmetal, twinkling ambient-pop, orchestral pieces, guitar jangle straight from 1991, dark club tunes – and that’s barely the half of it. Over 22 songs, they shapeshift constantly, to invigorating effect.

Hayley Williams Petals For Armor Out now ★★★★★

The debut solo album from the Paramore leader emerges as moody, intense pop that doesn’t stint on atmosphere or tunes, as the big choruses of Dead Horse and Over Yet demonstrate.

There’s a flavour of 1980s pop, combined with a dash of Björk’s self-exploration, all adding up to a neat grown-up digression.

David Bowie Liveandwell. com ★★★★★ Out now

This streamingonly live album is from 1997, when Bowie, red-haired again like Ziggy Stardust’s uncle, was having fun with drum & bass and a guitarheavy roar inspired by Nine Inch Nails. But there’s subtlety amid the clamour, including a lost gem in Seven Years In Tibet.