Return of the Lobs

Sticking with exciting new releases out of Scotland, Close Lobsters continue their strong comeback with 'Post Neo Anti: Arte Povera in the Forest of Symbols,' their first long player since 'Headache Rhetoric' in 1988. For those of us who have followed the band closely, this news is tempered only slightly by the fact that the entire second side is made up of previously released music from the "Kunstwerk In Spacetime" (2014) and "Desires & Signs" (2016) EPs. That still leaves us with six new songs, and the walk-up digital single and album opener "All Compasses Go Wild" has certainly whetted the appetite of this fanatic.



The official release date is Feb. 28, but pre-orders will be mailed out "immediately after manufacture," and that should be in January. Choose from limited edition transparent orange or grey vinyl, standard black vinyl, CD or digital download. Americans and Canadians should go through Shelflife Records. UK listeners should get their copies through Last Night From Glasgow. Three days into the new year and I already have two albums on the shopping list that are sure to get plenty of year-end accolades on these pages come December.