Globo ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’.

Describing themselves as “less a group, more an experiment”, Globo have been firing off increasingly esoteric records since 1995 whilst also providing music for TV (including Lee & Herring’s mighty ‘Fist Of Fun’) and hosting various music and art events. One things for sure: Globo are indeed a highly unorthodox lot, and this is fairly reflected on This Nation’s Saving Grace, an entire cover of The Fall’s 1985 masterpiece that weaves its punky belligerence to the pacey punch of Globo’s electronica.

‘Spoilt Victorian Child’, ‘Barmy’ and ‘Bombast’ all jut about with marked assurance, a sneery countenance and snake-hips whilst sizeable grooves are welded to the already awesome ‘L.A.’ and ‘Paintwork’. Standards don’t slip over the course of the album, ‘My New House’ and ‘Gut Of The Quantifier’ both sparkling with twitchy abandon, and although some of it sounds a little bit too much likes Hot Chip’s meandering brand of electronic pointlessness, even at its worst this album is still pretty great. Jump in with both feet and provide yourself with a timely reminder as to why Mark E Smith is still the nation’s favourite mad old punk uncle.