If 'Songs of Praise' was fuelled by pint-sloshing teenage vitriol, then 'Drunk Tank Pink' delved into a different kind of intensity. Wading into uncharted musical waters, emboldened by their wit and earned cynicism, they c
reated something with the abandonment of a band who had nothing to lose. Having forced their way through their second album’s identity crisis, they arrive, finally, at a place of hard-won maturity. Enter: 'Food for Worms', which Steen declares to be “the Lamborghini of shame records.”It marks a sonic departure from anything they’ve done before, abandoning their post-punk beginnings for more eclectic influences, drawing from the tense atmospherics of Merchandise, the sharp yet uncomplicated lyrics of Lou Reed and the more melodic works of 90s German band, Blumfeld.