Boy King

The maverick art-rock outfit’s brilliant new album is that most satisfying of album. A daring step in a fresh direction that comes off entirely. It’s a lascivious, muscular record, pulsing with crunching guitars and Hayden Thorpe’s prodigious falsetto. “Big Cat”, “Get My Bang” and “He the Colossus” are the taut and slithery bangers, while closer “Dreamliner”—gorgeous and operatic—serves to highlight the far-reaching talents of a very special band.