The roadmap to easing lockdown is reason for cautious optimism for most, though it’s got My Chemical Romance fans on edge, eager to know whether their heroes’ comeback shows, scheduled for almost exactly the same time life is due to return to normal, will go ahead. Whether they will or not remains to be seen, of course, but in the meantime, fans have several reasons to be excited about Electric Century’s self-titled second album, which features Mikey Way, is produced by Ray Toro, and accompanied by a graphic novel. An overarching concept is catnip to the MCRmy, and Electric Century has an interesting one. On record and on the page, it tells the story of the washed up actor, Johnny Ashford, whose drink-driving arrest leads to an appointment with a hypnotherapist, whose treatment s...
