The Libertines - The LibertinesThe second album from The Libertines is a heartbreaking and thrilling release. It's a miracle it ever happened, because of Pete's drug problems, prison sentence, exclusion from the band and rehab. Not since The Kinks and The Clash have their been a band that sung so vividly about life in London. The album was produced again by Mick Jones but this time with the help of Bill Price. The sound and lyrics brim with character, energy and tragedy. It's

but at the same time we’re pretty sure he’s happy right where he is – surely after a long life spent praising His holy name

Born in 1981 from industrial music behemoth Throbbing Gristle

and English

the band veer mellifluously from the fairy-tale escapism of 'Ominous Cloud' to rhythmically pulsing material like 'Pendulum' (which sounds like Kraftwerk colliding with their fellow Teutonic innovators Can)

a palm reading and the great emptiness with which he always wrestled

Full Upon Her Burning Lips

Described by The Los Angeles Times as an ‰ÛÏexpertly delivered and received night‰Û_ another big step in Beck's long

body and space

Nine Inch Nails release Bad Witch

and feel it in the devastating wisdom of Internal World

it painstakingly wraps layer upon layer of gloriously transcendent sound together to create a mesmerizing and cinematic collection of songs

Track 7 ‘Wolf Collides’