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Review: The Umlauts like to play by the rules about as much as you enjoy a needle in the eye. A formidable force of opposition against a music industry which has largely been lost to the corporates - big money is indeed coming for culture - the nine-piece coldwave mini-army kick against everything from labels to marketing, and have so far done pretty well by not adhering to those practices. Two EPs deep - U (2021) and Another Fact (2022) - and we land at Slags. Ten tracks that comprise the best of the preceding extended players, and equally captivating new material. From the Neo-Kosmische of 'Um Politik', to the gritty, synth punk of 'Mad Blue Love', the distorted, compressed throb and loops of 'Boiler Suits & Combat Boots', and the knife-edge atmosphere of epic closer 'Another Fact', here's a ride you won't forget in a hurry.