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Not fake news; it’s true! Cult Figures shall return to your hi-fis with their fourth album, 'Reports Of People'. It’s a melody map of the world’s collective madness transporting the listener from pop to punk and back again; visiting every station en route.

Since forming in Birmingham in 1977, Cult Figures have utilised this thing called music to plumb the depths and scale the peaks of the human condition. Over the years, they have at times walked among us here on earth and, at other times, they’ve been … somewhere else (not prison).

Anyway, here they are and they’ve made a record that’s slightly darker, a bit more eclectic; but still indubitably Cult Figures. Zip Nolan would approve. That bloke out of Pink Floyd once said that a band consists of a drummer, a bassist and a collection of novelty acts. Quite right. Alongside the Wrecked Crew of Stuart and Lee, you’re gonna groove with Jon and Steve on guitars and the dulcet tones of Fraser channelling his inner highland chieftain for dear life.

So, what’s it all about? There are eleven tracks in a cardboard sleeve with an enigmatic photograph. Shakespeare might have summed the thing up as a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. But it’s so much more. 'Music Of Fear' will tickle anyone who has entertained thoughts of killing their boss. 'The Abductee' is a tale of alien abduction, or perhaps it’s about losing an afternoon in a Wetherspoon’s pub. 'Death Of A Thousand Cuts' is when your partner chooses to leave you but wants to tape your albums first.

Scum charts the diverging paths of childhood friends and features a coda straight outta Mott The Hoople. Legacy Hand is that jarring feeling of being left behind by modern life. And the driving beat, cool harmonies and nutty guitar of Walking Disaster do exactly what it says on the tin.

So, raid that piggy bank and buy a copy to reveal the rest of the story. But let it be known that the penultimate punker is Lunatic Friend. Quite appropriate really; we’ve all got one

TRACK LISTING

1. Music Of Fear
2. The Abductee
3. Death Of A Thousand Cuts
4. Legacy Hand
5. Dangerous Boy
6. Walking Disaster
7. Rose Bucket
8. Space Invader
9. Badly In Love
10. Lunatic Friend
11. Scum