Dead Lord’s fourth album Surrender is a fitting soundtrack to this strange, lost summer of 2020. Anyone familiar with the Swedes will know the sounds they specialise in – unabashed Thin Lizzy worship with nods to the likes of KISS and UFO – but Surrender shows a significant tightening in both their delivery and songwriting. And despite their obvious odes to the past, Surrender is more timeless than throwback. Close your eyes, crank it up, forget that you’re still festering inside alone and let the warm, upbeat vibes transport you to some hazy Swedish retro rock festival, lost in a sea of shaggy haircuts, mammoth moustaches and denim cut-offs plastered in patches. You can almost feel the sunshine and smell the beer as you get lost in the many swaggering guitar solos throughout this&nbs...