London five-piece Butch Kassidy’s debut album, ANNA, arrives after six years of development and experimentation. The review presents it as an ambitious, hypnotic post-rock record shaped by tension, release and a determined independent spirit, arguing that the band’s patience and persistence have produced something unusually forceful and distinctive.

Running for 66 minutes, the album combines slow, sludgy melodies, frantic guitars, dissonant vocals and dramatic loud-quiet dynamics. Tracks including ‘Sonsuza’, ‘Heath 26’, ‘Sunning’, ‘Light’, ‘Killakee’ and ‘Dash River Pines’ demonstrate its range, while live performances helped the band develop the sound they lacked the resources to record initially; the reviewer ultimately compares ANNA’s impact and outsider quality to Slint’s Spiderland.