SECRETLY CANADIAN
★★★★
After nine years, the YYYs return with the follow-up to 2013’s Mosquito. And, readers, it’s ruddy marvellous. The Perfume Genius-featuring Spitting Off The Edge Of The World triumphantly opens proceedings with a wall of hazy, strafing guitar. There are more road-trip shoegaze tones on Lovebomb, plus spiky funk on Fleez, urgent warped soul on Burning, a bent-out-of-shape The Weeknd on the anthemic Different Today and spooksome spoken word on closer Mars. The trio’s effortless elegance makes Cool It Down a triumph, well worth the near-decade wait.