It’s no surprise that, in poking fun at the familiar, the humour is turned inwards and it’s The Bug Club themselves in their own firing line. It’s a rollercoaster unpicking of whatever-it-is The Bug Club do, while at the same time building on the work done in previous albums and presenting us with layers of creativity piled up atop one another.

Sam and Tilly, combined. There’s a name for that – and it’s tempting to think that they might be, given all the joking around. But the multi-dimensional nature to The Bug Club is what makes Very Human Features just as relistenable as their previous work.

The new single tackles expectations and comparisons, with a loud-quiet-loud structure reflecting the ups-and-downs and outbursts unavoidable in frustration and anger. ‘Appropriate Emotions’ manages to be deeply relatable while making its singers sound about as removed from the human experience as possible – perhaps that’s why it’s relatable.

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Last month, The Bug Club announced release details for On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System, which will be released worldwide on August 30. The album features the aforementioned ‘A Bit Like James Bond,’ and previously released highlights ‘Quality Pints,’ and ‘Lonsdale Slipons,’ along with other feel-good ditties like ‘War Movies,’ and ‘We Don’t Care About That.’

On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System sees the band serve up a beefy slab of their signature Modern-Lovers-meets-Nuggets garage rock, featuring B-52’s call-and-response fun mixed with AC/DC power chord grunt.

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