Garbage

'Strange Little Birds' is what a band sounds like when they have complete freedom to explore every avenue.

"[Shirley Manson] still manages to coo, ache and threaten often simultaneously."

"I think we have moments of confidence and then moments of crushing self-doubt."

As Stupid Girl roared and dive-bombed, they remain a consummate modern rock band; the technology and humanity still in proportion.

It’s an admirable approach for a chart-topping act on the comeback trail, though it’s complicated somewhat by sub-par material.