Scene But Not Herd

Sorrow. Anguish. Grief.Just a few of the themes Natalie experienced this week as Ste finally tricks someone into listening to him talk about one of his favourite bands, melancholy Finnish poets and melodic death metal royalty... Insomnium.

It's knit brows all round in no time at all, courtesy of the aptly named Taylor Swift - Ste and Natalie grapple with her 2017 album Reputation.

Ste and Natalie melt their popsicles over California, the first album from Blink 182 since their split with founding guitarist and singer Tom Delonge, and appointment of Alkaline Trio frontman and sad basset hound Matt Skiba.

The halls are decked, the sleigh bells ring and somewhere out there, a figure made of snow comes to life. Michael Bublé has been reanimated again and he's only got one thing on his mind - hanging that mistletoe! You know the rules, ladies...

Ste & Natalie tread carefully through the breakout 2015 record That's The Spirit from scene kids turned popmen Bring Me The Horizon and take a moment to appreciate the truly fantastic name of Jordan Fish.

Ste inflicts an act of profound emotional violence on Natalie by forcing her to listen to the seminal 1988 concept album, Operation:Mindcrime, by prog metal cheeseboys Queensrÿche.

Ste & Natalie gush their way through the debut album from Blackpool sadboys, Boston Manor and wonder if there is anything more emo than a dead space dog.

Ste & Natalie pull apart the fourth studio album from Canadian electro-pop queen Lights, and ride roughshod over a carefully constructed narrative with some madcap theories.