Ghosts

Limited to 300, picture disc. Lapsus Linguae were always a crazy prospect. Beginning at the death knell of the 20th century, they blazed a trail through the UK's dive bars with tragi-comic violent aplomb and masterful musicianship. Their first recorded output in years, Ghosts picks up where the group left off, a maximal affront on the ears and "good" taste. Alternating between Grade 8 piano-led progressive ballads and outrageously heavy muscular rock forms and seemingly condensing all manners of human knowledge and folly into lyrical preposterousness, it's good to have them back.