THE DIRTY NIL - The Lash FARIDA AMADOU Denzel Curry) at Damon Albarn’s

Denzel Curry) at Damon Albarn’s Studio 13 in London

The new-wave post-punkers offer a dizzy selection of delights from their vast fake sociological fresco

Backed by a full live band

and the new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron

And they did

THE DIRTY NIL - The Lash FARIDA AMADOU Denzel Curry) at Damon Albarn’sLP Standard Edition Black Vinyl. On their fifth album, The Lash, The Dirty Nil strips back their signature flash and colour for something raw and relentless. Inspired by brutal Italian bronze reliefs and medieval aesthetics, the Hamilton, Ontario band embraced a stark black and white visual style, ditching their previous vibrant palettes for spikes, skulls, and knives. Recording with local engineer Vince Solivari, the band captured a more urgent and