Battles return with a batshit album of sonic experimentalism
Thought there was no such thing as the nutty professors or mad scientists that childhood cartoons lead you to believe? Well, you thought wrong. They do exist, but not as lab coat doting geeks, instead they play guitars in a band called Battles.
Their third experiment La Di Da Di is a caustic concoction of math-rock, electronica and pop that's entirely instrumental.
Opener The Yabba is the calm before the storm, luring you in all swirling synths punctuated by staccato beats before breaking into some serious guitar riffs and drum kicks, as though Royal Blood just gatecrashed Aphex Twin's party.
FF Bada recalls Foals at their most sonic, or 65 Days Of Static on acid.
Whilst Dot Com sounds as though the nerds have been left in charge of the music at a 90's rave.
La Di Da Di is a mad mix of influences that could easily be a product of a reaction gone wrong in Walter White's meth lab, combusting and exploding in equal measures at every charged drum beat, it is as bonkers as the nutty professors at it's helm.
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