MEDICINE (VINYL)

Recorded in three purpose-built private home studios'in Norway, Greece and Los Angeles'Medicine rubs POP LEVI s obsession with Prince up against his love of Bolan, throws in a little Paul McCartney, some early Stooges, a chunk of Lindsey Buckingham and even a dash of Peter Gabriel for a record which channels bubblegum pop through Satanic ritual and classic rock for one of the oddest, funniest, most compellingly unique records you're likely to hear in 2012, The whole leaves most other purveyors of guitar-based pop/rock, in fact most other purveyors of music full stop, seeming, well, a little bit tame in comparison, a little bit grey, a little bit earnest, Pop combines wild production techniques with super-riffing slabs of guitar - what more could you want'