Album Review: Therapy? - Disquiet

“Help me, I’m stuck,” growls Andy Cairns in the opening seconds of Therapy?’s 14th record, echoing almost exactly the way Knives ripped open Troublegum back in ’94.

The bold gambit pays off to lure in fans still lost in that million-selling career peak when the Irishmen were balking against grunge’s persistence, making filthy metal infused with a pop sensibility. Cairns still sounds wretched and lost and Michael McKeegan’s bass inspires revisiting early Mark Of Cain records. Tides could be an unconventional top 40 hit like Die Laughing, and closer Deathstimate leaves one suitably unsettled. A welcome return.