HITTING THE MANIC BUTTON
The Proclaimers are angry. Fuming, in fact. They’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Despite this fact, both Craig and Charlie Reid are perfectly cheery when they catch up with Classic Pop. Instead, they’ve poured all their frustration and ire into their new studio album, Dentures Out. The twins’ 12th LP swipes at a toothless Britain in thrall to nostalgia, feckless newspaper barons, pop legends touring the Butlins circuit and gloomsome Sundays growing up with Calvinist puritanism. It’s a furious and often hilarious blast of satire and despair clocking in at just 36 minutes. Dentures Out is their most in-your-face work, which is impressive considering they’ve never knowingly shied away from speaking their mind.