Django Django

★★★★

Glowing In The Dark BECAUSE.

CD/DL/LP

Scottish/Northern Irish band alliance shore up their sound.

Tantalisingly, in these largely gig-free times, Django Django’s fourth kicks off with Spirals – drum rolls and synth arpeggios gradually speeding up and growing in intensity, in what is clearly designed as a live curtain-raiser. The airpunching mood is further evident in the title track, all ’80s house shapes and stuttering vocal hook. Throughout, the quartet further hone their signature style – rockabilly electro, Beta Band playfulness – while uncharacteristic lyrical doubt creeps into the deceptively upbeat Got Me Worried, as singer Vincent Neff frets about his bank balance and the future. Repeating the move Neff made on 2018 predecessor Marble Skies, where he stepped aside to let Rebecca Lucy Taylor front Surface To Air, here Charlotte Gainsbourg’s voice floats over the lovely, Smiths-y Waking Up. All in all, with its pervading doubts and joyful release, Glowing In The Dark is very much for these times.