Adam Buxton - Buckle Up

If you’ve ever wondered what an Adam Buxton album might sound like, well - 'Buckle Up' likely delivers exactly what you’d expect. It’s silly, self-aware, oddly touching, and, as Buxton himself puts it, not quite actual music.

Across 15 tracks and just over half an hour, Buxton blends spoken word, daft jingles and half-sung sketches into a collage of observational comedy. 'Intro' pokes fun at Waitrose shoppers (and himself); 'I Grated My Thumb' is a 49-second ode to culinary mishaps. 'Doing It Wrong' skewers modern life with a David Byrne-ish deadpan: you're living your life, but you’re doing it wrong.

Produced largely by Metronomy’s Joseph Mount, the album sounds surprisingly slick for something so deliberately unpolished. 'Pizza Time' leans into its limitations (Jonny Greenwood once told him his guitar playing was “hamstrung”), while 'Skip This Track' croons into oblivion with oddly sincere flair.