The Mistys are never static. Always changing, always shifting shape, the Manchester-based electronic duo, singer Beth Roberts and electronics artist Andrew Hargreaves, playfully mix and explore genres to create their own self-contained sonic world, with a distinctive and tongue-in-cheek subversive pop aesthetic. Subversives in pop’s clothing. With Situations | Useless Mouths, The Mistys turn away from the introspection of their previous album and boldly aim their sights at the hedonistic dancefloor. Here, joy becomes a form of activism: a promise of possibility and shared uplift in a dreary world. Pop, in their hands, is transformational: it can turn confinement into release, confrontation into consolation, loneliness into togetherness beneath the lights. It can make the world feel better… at least until the record ends. This is a call to open your hearts and conjure joy. The album unfolds like a collection of short stories: snapshots, phone notes, lived moments, potentialities, raptures and contingencies, rendered in the Mistys’ signature dreamlike haze. Their music remains as enigmatic and art-driven as ever but here, the pulse is brighter, the invitation clearer. Step inside, and stay as long as the beat holds.

1. Double Body
2. Nervous Mirror
3. Intelligent Fashion
4. Formation Revision
5. Contingent Identity
6. Fist Of Bees
7. Promises Made
8. Severed Binds
9. Occurances
10. A Hand Is To Hold