Every year, BJM’s verbose shaman Anton Newcombe comes back with another album. This opus (which is the first self-titled album in an almost 30-year long career) is just under 40 minutes long and goes back to basics with the group’s famous logo on the album cover. On Tombes Oubliées, the French version of Forgotten Graves (both released as maxi-singles on the centenary of the First World War), you can hear the haunting voice of Rike Bienert who also featured on Bout des doigts. Despite the instrumental (My Mind Is Filled With Stuff) and the shoegaze (We Never Had A Chance), you can hear the mastermind himself on almost half of the album which is indeed a rare occurrence. Consistent as ever, this 18th album is a clever mix of psychedelic rock, garage and shoegaze, more powerful than Something Else. Newcombe is on top form. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz