Fat Motörhead riffs and the stench of leather and diesel dominate this fourth album by Birds Of Maya, a trio who feature Mike Polizze, frontman of Purling Hiss and now acclaimed solo artist thanks to 2020’s Long Lost Solace Find. Recorded in 2014 but just released, Valdez is too good to have been left on the shelf, flitting between Black Sab homages such as “Busted Room” and the Zep-esque quasi-Middle Eastern “Recessinater”, and shorter rockers such as the Stooges-like “Front Street” and “BFIOU”, which opens with the riff from the Beasties’ “Sabotage” before exploring even scuzzier directions.