A False Glimmer Of Hope is the debut release by Botched Toe, an album that contains ten songs that clock in at just over 18 minutes. The catchy, pummelling riffs from Dan Flanagan (Haest / Knife Club / Matilda’s Scoundrels) provide the perfect backdrop to a bleak vocal narrative from James Domestic (The Domestics / PI$$ER / Tokyo Lungs) of a country in decay. Government corruption at an all-time high, those in power displaying ever-increasing contempt for the public; the ravages of unbridled capitalism and a poorly handled pandemic carving ever deeper scars into our individual and collective mental health. Simple dreams now out of reach, and a populace so on edge and exhausted by it all that any significant, organised dissent seems less enticing than just retreating into one’s shell and ho...