Album releases

The third album from the Manchester band fronted by Matt Healy, son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy, is a grand sweep of musical resource and artistic intent. A Brief Inquiry is bold and confessional with textures both lush and prickly in songs searching for serenity amid the madhouse of rock star life. From the dreamy, autotuned electronica of the glitchy but beautiful How To Draw to the spoken word drollery of The Man Who Married A Robot, this is a clever and considered masterclass.