I Like Trains - Kompromat

I Like Trains return with their razor-sharp record 'Kompromat'. The Leeds band's first studio album in eight years deals with knotted themes of information; how we consume it, and how we can possibly make any sense of it in an age of constant bombardment. It digs beneath populism's rise, from the divide and conquer tactics that caused Brexit in the UK, to the ascent of Trump in America and the subsequent reign of lies and misinformation, to discover the grubby hands that have engineered it all. 'Kompromat' simultaneously sounds like none of their previous records, yet also contains DNA from all of them. The group have gone back to go forwards in some ways, returning to some of the primary influences that caused them to first form back in 2004: Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Gang of Four, Television and The Velvet Underground. It marks a welcome return for a band who remain a singular presence away from the ebb and flow of UK guitar music fashion; a band in their own orbit, working to their own distinctive style.

1) A Steady Hand ()
2) Desire Is a Mess ()
3) Dig In ()
4) Prism ()
5) Patience Is a Virtue ()
6) A Man of Conviction ()
7) New Geography ()
8) The Truth ()
9) Eyes to the Left (Feat. Anika) ()