Yellow Flame Marble Vinyl. Overcoming life-threatening illness and finding fresh perspective on true priorities, English alt. Rock supremos Dinosaur Pile-Up roar back from the brink with defiant fifth album I've Felt Better. Struggle. Vulnerability. Pain. Resilience. Love. It's been a hell of a journey. In many ways, brilliant, shapeshifting opener - and lead single - 'Bout To Lose It begins at the end, dropping us into the shoes of a frontman chomping at the bit to get back to business but low on confidence, unsure if fans still give a damn after so much time away: 'I guess I'm back on the edge / Maybe I never left! / Would have been nice if you cared / But what did I expect?!'He needn't worry. Bursting with attitude, I've Felt Better's hook-laden title-track is both confirmation that DPU haven't lost a step and subtle expansion of the broader themes of strength in the face of adversity, transforming from lament for lost momentum to damning critique of a pop-cultural landscape gone mad.
Tracks: 1.1 'Bout to Lose It 1.2 I've Felt Better 1.3 Punk Kiss 1.4 Sick of Being Down 1.5 My Way 1.6 Big Dogs 1.7 Big You and Me 1.8 Love's the Worst 1.9 Quasimodo Melonheart 1.10 Sunflower 1.11 Unfamiliar 1.12 I Don't Love Nothing and Nothing Loves Me
