'Strenf' opens to dense kicks, sparse hats and distorted, coiled chords, before analogue stabs and a repeating note punctuate the foreground, like the centre stripes on an endless road at night, ever-present and pointing the way. There's energy brimming from all sides, as chattering fx and organ-like leads enter the fray, and elements emerge and dissipate, but the pace never slackens.

'The Standard' trades in bright chords and off-centre drums to joust with the baseline's steadfast groove, a study in barely-contained force arguably more sparse than 'Strenf'. Its throbbing mood is offset by 'Missile 1?‘s tension-releasing electro-tinged workout. Containing a centred sinuous medley of rasping b-line and rich stabs, with shakers and echoed rim shots adding colour, the contrast is measured and welcomed.

Closing out is 'It's Time', a stuttering, nervy weave of angry low-end rasps, murmured, chopped vox, and competing mids, punching through and retreating as if in competing formations. Heavy.