Therapy? are vocalist/guitarist Andy Cairns, bassist Michael McKeegan and drummer Neil Cooper who stormed on to the scene with 1991’s Babyteeth and have been a mainstay of the alternative rock scene ever since. They solidified their place amongst the elite with 1994’s Troublegum, nominated for a Mercury Music Prize, winner of Best Album at the Kerrang! Awards and producing five UK Top 40 singles.
CLEAVE is a return to ‘classic’ Therapy?, teaming up with long-time collaborator Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder, Biffy Clyro, Radiohead) who worked with the band on Troublegum, Semi-Detached and High Anxiety, the band have made a scathing, incisive state-of-the-nation address, investigating the schisms in contemporary society and the motivations of those seeking to propagate disjuncture, it’s a powerful, challenging, uncompromising collection from a band never afraid to confront and dissect humanity’s darkest impulses.
