Garbage

Delving into darker waters, Shirley Manson and crew embrace a steady synth pop stomp with ripping guitar dalliances on album number 8.

The eighth studio record from Garbage, recorded at Red Razor Sounds in Los Angeles, Butch Vig’s studio (Grunge Is Dead), and Shirley Manson’s bedroom. The record was produced by the band and longtime engineer, Billy Bush. The album is unmistakably Garbage. All the hallmarks and signatures for which they are known are present here. Big angular guitars, precise, propulsive beats and cinematic soundscapes all lurk beneath Shirley Manson’s expressive voice, her lyrics bristling with attitude. It is the sound of a group at the peak of their creative powers - characteristically harnessing sonic juxtapositions and moods to create an album that thrums equally with both light and shade.

“Going into making this record, I was determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in. The title of the album, 'Let All That We Imagine Be The Light', is a perfect, headline statement for the record as a whole. When things feel dark it feels imperative to seek out the forces that are light, positive and beautiful in the world. It almost feels like a matter of life and death. A strategy for survival” - Shirley Manson