Tobacco – Sweatbox Dynasty

Experimentalist and analogue fanatic Tobacco is back with a total melter: Sweatbox Dynasty is a beast to be feared. Electronic bruises recorded via casette and fucked with via a sampler, Thomas Fec's got a thing for musical brutality, and on his fourth solo work a sci-fi end-of-days vibe prevails. Songs like Fantasy Trash Wave and Home Invasionaries see muddy, messy waves of sound smashed together with the ruthless hand of a playful overlord. 

You might find yourself grabbing on to a beat and wanting to dance – or at the very least, to throw yourself on the floor – but Fec's not here for that, and he chops and changes beat with a heartless lack of remorse.

We understand if the phrase 'breaking the album format' makes you eye-roll, but this collection of un-songs, half-rhythms and sound snapshots really questions the point in breaking a record into individual tracks. That said, single Gods In Heat is one you can properly get your clammy little hands around... even if sometimes it feels as if Tobacco might value pure sensationalism over all else.