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"Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up" is their first album in three years, and it's been well worth the wait. Previous record "Fames" was all about epic, tooth rattling noise and blasts of power. This new record feels more focussed, more controlled, and whilst they retain their love of awkward time signatures and epic guitars and there are still many heavy moments to be had, overall the sound is more immediate and melodic.

Opener, 'Part Cardiac', is one of the heavier tracks, with slow, doom laden guitar and feedback squeals, the sound is meaty and really big, but the melody...