This week: new albums from Rudimental and Chubby and the Gang, and a classic from A Tribe Called Quest. Also: more M1 chat, spokey-dokeys, last week tonight, the same stuff, Your Mate, double concept albums, bad bad not good, chubby checker, this is hardcore, room-borne elephants, evolution not revolution, feel the beat drop, jazz and hip hop, consensually gross, a shot in the dark, a bit too nyeaahh, Vlad Chiriches, matter of fact I got it now, post-ironic cheese, UK tuna imports, new MCU superheroes, score check, the decline and fall of empire, Ben Simmons vs Sid Fogg, we remember a guy, and it turns out that antivaxxers: not ideal. Next week: new stuff from CHVRCHES, Calva Louise and Amyl and The Sniffers. Recent review albums are in our current album review playlist on Spotify, with earlier stuff in our 2021 review archive, along with our 2021 tripping balls mixtape featuring our favourite tracks from new albums we’ve reviewed this year. The full list of all the albums we've ever featured on the show and Beeso's playlist for his boys are also available elsewhere on the internet. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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