Big Believe

The Big Believe

Juggernaut

Self Released

The new album from this U.K. band builds on 2015’s Illuminate in many good ways. The music flows very well, and I like their synth pop as much as I do the more rock guitar-based sound of Illuminate. Amanda Thompson, the lead singer, sounds very wise and clever.

The lyrics remind me of Let’s Active’s Big Plans For Everybody in their portrayal of complex relationships, and on “Tania Was A Truth Teller,” a same-sex one. “We’re Not Sheep” brings a message of political unity to the forefront, a good way to close out the album.

I suspect this album will be in my Top Ten for the year. It’s that good. So if you want some great pop, this is the album to get.

Andrea Weiss