"London group The Tubs return to Trouble In Mind with their hotly anticipated full-length album entitled ""Dead Meat"". The band were formed in 2018 from the ashes of beloved UK post-punk band Joanna Gruesome by former members Owen 'O' Williams and George 'GN' Nicholls. By incorporating elements of post-punk traditional British folk and guitar jangle seasoned by nonchalant Cleaners From Venus-influenced pop hooks and contemporary antipodean indie bands (Twerps/Goon Sax et al).""Dead Meat"" is resplendent in hi-fidelity strum & thrum incorporating fleeting elements of post-punk and indie jangle but the group's penchant for trad British folk & Canterbury folk-rock takes a noticeable caffeinated step forward. Echoes of Fairport Convention's decidedly English chime cross swords with singer Owen Williams' lyrics directing Bryan Ferry's ""thinking man's libertine"" persona into a more dolorous outlook. Many songs (like ""Round The Bend"" and ""Duped"") soar with an urgent strum under Williams' acerbic lyrics recalling a younger fiery Richard Thompson. They languish in an aching bitter resignation (of both the situations described & the protagonist's place in it) particularly near the album's second half. Others like the previously released ""I Don't Know How It Works"" ""Two Person Love"" and ""Illusion"" (re-presented here as ""Illusion Pt. II"" and all rerecorded from their original 7-inch versions) up the urgency implying that the journey for the person described in each tune is not over & may be even more desperate than before. The band has never been tighter & more dynamic often imperceptibly ratcheting up the tension an extra guitar strum overdubbed a barely audible organ/synth cranking under a chorus or bridge or unexpected backups from current Ex-Vöid (and ex-Joanna Gruesome) vocalist Lan McArdle. The Tubs are poised to take over your stereo - there's no point in resisting."