Battles: 'Our music is supposed to be fun'

Despite losing their frontman, US alt‑rockers Battles have made one of the albums of the year. We join them in LA to ask how they did itHere's an unenviable situation for a band: you're struggling to finish your long-awaited and desperately overdue album, convinced that the material's no good and that you'll never match your first, when your frontman deserts you.A year ago to the week, Tyondai Braxton – keyboardist, singer and ostensible frontman with experimental rock band Battles – abrup...

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