The Pineapple Thief touring guitarist’s lively solo outing.
When not providing session and live guitar to The Pineapple Thief, Beren Matthews plays a rather more abrasive brand of guitar rock with Cornish band, Grip-Like Vice, and they back him here on a set that successfully blends leftfooted post-punk with nods to neo-prog. For a man who inevitably fills the less-than-eye-catching role of backingmusician-in-black-T-shirt in his usual day job, Matthews injects these compositions with a fair bit of personality, not least in lyrics that draw on personal turmoil laced with caustic humour.