War Room Stories

Never ones to shy away from a spot of genre-bending, London five-piece Breton stay true to past form here. War Room Stories encapsulates art rock, tropical pop and various forms of electronica on a varied yet focused set that sounds as though it's not fallen prey to the usual second-album jitters. They've moved away from the hip-hop influences that shone through on 2012's Other People's Problems, letting strings and synthesisers take centre-stage instead. The results, on the single Got Well Soon and the steel drum-inflected Envy, are dancefloor-friendly and just the right side of leftfield.