We've witnessed a band slowly morph from the full-body lab suit wearing on-stage shenanigans, the hauling of cereal boxes into festival crowds, the humourously long song titles like 'Your Happiness Was Stored On A Hard Drive And Is Now Corrupt' and 'You Eat Houmous, Of Course You Listen To Genesis'. In 2020, Alpha Male Tea Party is refined, mature, dynamic and still bloody listenable.
A number of weeks ago, having embarked on a brief perambulation, I suffered the deep misfortune of falling victim to a kidnapping; a posse of ruffians forced a hood over my head and scooped me into the back of a transit van and I saw nothing until I awoke; alone, my surroundings, a pleasant yet unsettlingly corporate board room. There were some biscuits in a little dish so I took one. “Hmm”, said I, “These biscuits taste as though they have been produced with Kworn™ High Quality Meat Substitute”.