A case of mojo found again. While never reaching the heights of either 2011’s The English Riviera or 2014’s Love Letters (which came third and first on this list, respectively, in those years), Metronomy Forever is a massive improvement on 2016’s disappointing Summer 08. Much of the record is catchier than recent work, burrowing into the brain, but there are also more ambitious meanderings into electro-psychedelia (see ‘Lying Low’, ‘Miracle Rooftop’) and low-fi acoustic ballads (‘Upset My Girlfriend’). Metronomy began life as a Joe Mount solo project, and after the lukewarm – by which I mean ‘bad’ – reception to Summer 08 and some moonlighting writing for the likes of Robyn, he clearly decided it was time to revert to that one-man-band template: Metronomy Forever itself is, for the first time in a decade, all Mount’s own work (although he’s since reunited the band for touring). Unsurprisingly, the results include both singular focus (see perfect pop gem ‘Salted Caramel Ice Cream’) and self-indulgence (see the arty but comparatively dull ‘Ur Mixtape’). Overall, this is a notable (if flawed) move back in right direction for one of my favourite artists of the 2010s.