Around for over three decades, The Notwist have helped steer the direction of electronically-augmented pop with the influential "Neon Golden" and its follow-ups. "Vertigo Days" is the band's first full-length in a while, and finds them on fine form, still softly spoken, still charming. Fans of the band's more recent records and releases on their quietly ace Alien Transistor will find plenty to sink their teeth into - not least the Stereolab-in-dub flavors of stand-out track 'Ship', that features Tenniscoats' Saya on vocals.

Elsewhere they explore fuzzy psychedelia with the sweet, smudgy 'Oh Sweet Fire' and hit another high point with 'Al Sur', feat Juana Molina on vocals and electronics for a clattering left-pop u-turn.

"Vertigo Days" is a varied record; it's pop music certainly, but pop that draws from krautrock, Brazilian psych, dusty cult movie soundtracks and vintage British folk as music as it does experimental electronic music.