The Wolfgang Press - Asylum Variations [Downwards]

It took everyone by surprise when Downwards announced the return of The Wolfgang Press a year or so ago, but really if anyone was gonna tempt the 4AD OG's out of retirement it was Karl O'Connor.

Well, he's done it again, coaxing a second album out of the post-punk legends, and you could quite easily believe this had been sitting in the vaults for 40 odd years such is the way they've picked up exactly as they were at their peak. You know when certain albums have that "aura"? Well this has it in spades. Sleazier and sexier than Jarvis at his sleaziest and sexiest it's never going to have you running for the dancefloor, but will have you reaching for your phone to find out what it is whilst ordering another can of Red Stripe at the bar.