Skunk Anansie are not playing around. How much clearer could they be about their outlook, three decades into a storied career, than to open their seventh studio album, The Painful Truth, with a song like ‘An Artist is an Artist’? It’s not just a title; it’s near enough a manifesto.

There are bands in every genre that make an indelible mark on both a generation of fans and a generation of musicians. In what is now a burgeoning post-rock scene bursting with instrumental mood-makers, the debt owed to Chicago-based riff lords Pelican is substantial.

It's hard to find artists like Bruit ≤. It will probably become even harder if certain trends and behaviours are to be expected to continue.