World's Strongest Man

Each song on Gaz Coombes' 'World's Strongest Man' is bursting with fresh ideas.

Lyrically, the album deals with such disparate themes as the rise of extremism, getting stoned, mental health and the modern idea of masculinity, a subject inspired by Grayson Perry's book, The Descent of Man. In it, Perry attempts to deconstruct how society dictates male gender roles and explores the adverse effect this has on them, their relationships and society in general. Each topic is covered intelligently while Coombes imbues the lyrics with levity and empathy that are easy to identify with.

Musically, World's Strongest Man is Coombes most diverse album to date with each song finding him experimenting with fresh sounds and rhythms and constantly pushing at the edges of the sound meaning so that each song is bursting with fresh ideas.