Mike D has released Thank You, his first solo album and the first new music from a surviving Beastie Boy since the group ended after Adam Yauch’s death in 2012. The review portrays it as a revitalised but personal return: rather than recreate the Beastie Boys, Diamond blends rap, rock and electronic textures while trying to honour the group’s creative spirit and friendship.

The album was made with his sons Davis and Skyler, of Very Nice Person, and backing band 5D, and arrives roughly 15 years after the Beastie Boys’ 2011 album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. Now 60, Mike D addresses ageing, loss, fatherhood and the difficulty of sustaining inspiration, while retaining his distinctive nasal delivery and playful, restless energy. The reviewer links its glitchy beats, drum-and-bass and dub influences to the experimental work of Kim Gordon, judging that it succeeds because Diamond sounds recognisably himself.