Battles: Gloss Drop – review

(Warp)Battles are an experimental rock band who treat the studio as a playground rather than a laboratory. Their 2007 debut, Mirrored, combined virtuoso precision with disorientating humour, with singer Tyondai Braxton warping his voice until he resembled an avant-garde cartoon character. But Braxton has since left, and Gloss Drop's guest vocalists take us on a bumpier ride. Chile's Matias Aguayo does bring a goofy energy to Ice Cream's Venusian summer jam, but Gary Numan helps make My Machines ...

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