Four albums in and staring down the barrel of a decade doing this soonish, Neck Deep could be forgiven for feeling like it might be time to start growing up and leaving the sophomoric trappings of youth behind them. Or to put it more bluntly, this is when most bands become boring, slow down and fiddle with winning formulas in the name of experimentation. It happens, even with the best of intentions and almost always sucks, but credit to the Wrexham lads for finding a way of moving the needle without losing the plot, or any of the qualities that make them one of the UK’s increasingly beloved rock acts. All Distortions Are Intentional – the band’s fourth record and first to feature frontman Ben Barlow’s brother and long-time, behind-the-scenes contributor Seb as a full-time member – is ...
