Squidsnew albumCowardsis about evil. Nine stories whose protagonists reckon with cults, charisma and apathy. Real and imagined characters wading into the dark ocean between right and wrong.

Cowardsis Squids most courageous album: simultaneously growing in scope and returning to basics. The band recordedCowardsatChurch Studiosin Crouch End with Mercury prize winning producersMarta SalogniandGrace Banks. On additional production is longtime shifu and collaboratorDan Carey, who recorded the bands first two albums. The record was mixed in Seattle by John McEntire, before being compressed by the rich analogue chain of Heba Kadrys mastering in Brooklyn, New York.

Squid have come a long way since forming in 2016 as an instrumental jazz band for a monthly night in Brighton. Their debut albumBri