Dutch Uncles, Manchester’s champions of complex, oddball pop, are back with a fourth album. Featuring lyrical themes that touch on pregnancy, social media, terrorism, divorce, sexual dysfunction, job seeking, health scares, doubt and love, it strives to capture the world-weary mindset of a twenty-something living in a generic Northern suburbia.
Starting with the curious synth pop groove of Babymaking, and climaxing with their freak-funk single In N Out, this is an album that feels at home in perverse and often peculiar territories. Duncan Wallis, the group’s frontman, explains that the album “felt like a suitable narrative, as we ourselves approach our thirties where a lot of people are expected to feel sure about who they are and where they are going and just don’t”.
Take a listen to their troubled tapestry of modern living and let us know what you think in the comments below.
