Hot Milk - CORPORATION P.O.P.

If Hot Milk’s debut was the spark, 'CORPORATION P.O.P.' is the full-blown fire. Written in a whirlwind three weeks, the band’s second album is a raucous, unfiltered scream from the heart of a country in crisis, political, social and emotional. It’s chaotic, ferocious, and determinedly Northern in its spirit and humour.

Second track 'Insubordinate Ingerland' sets the tone with a slyly defiant train station tannoy message straight out of Manchester; part civic postcard, part call to arms. “Cuppa tea, bourgeoisie, mushy pea, England,” snarls Han Mee, planting the flag for an album steeped in piss-taking patriotism and punchy political commentary.

The band have called this their most "Hot Milk" record yet, and it shows. 'Hell Is On Its Way' swerves into a sinister, synth-heavy lane, all catchiness wrapped in chaos. 'Warehouse Salvation' brings the fun without slowing the pace. Punk-pop through a smoke machine and a smashed bottle of WKD.

Despite the album’s relentless drive, there's shape and range here. The fury ebbs and flows, with moments of vulnerability tucked between the rage. That’s no accident. Han and Jim wrote 'CORPORATION P.O.P.' with community in mind, not viral moments. These are songs made for rooms full of shouting, sweating people. Punk communion. Modern angst with group therapy volume.

Written while the US elections flared and Reform UK festered back home, the record doesn’t shy away from despair. It leans into it, wrestles with it and dresses it up in ripped denim and sarcasm. Hot Milk aren’t here to fix the world, they’re here to soundtrack the bits where it all feels like too much - and maybe help you scream it out in the process.