"Warp stalwart joins forces with RnB-leaning metallers". Yeah, right. That though is apparently the case here as Tom Jenkinson's new album as Squarepusher hits the shops (replete with a one-eyed Jawa on the cover in what could well be the same room The Vaselines were in on their release last month. It wears its oddity on its sleeve).

In dog years The Hentchmen are probably at the stage where they rival Ol' Yeller when pension day rolls around but they're as on their game now as they were way back when Estrus released the Ypsilanti's Newest Hit Makers EP 16 years ago. They've remained a rocking three-piece, an old dog with no need to learn any new tricks. Still providing the essential sound for a kegger (assuming you're being educated in the US) the Farfisa-driven assemblage here lacks nothing in terms of raucous energy, psychy menace and foot stomping fun.