this not-so-difficult third from the Glaswegian 3 piece retains all the electro pop joy of carly rae Jepsen, the drama of Tegan and sara, the power of lorde and the bombast of the naked and famous for a set of instantly catchy pop bangers - and with the added help of the national's matt berninger.

Instantly grabbing and euphoric, chvrches have honed their style down to a tee and have executed here to deadly effect here, with each track sounding like a classic after just one listen. absolutely unstoppable. “the sense that chvrches are about to go st peter’s basilica-sized is inescapable” – 4/5, mojo