As High Vis frontman Graham Sayle explains, the title of the London band's latest album, Blending, is Liverpool slang for looking sharp"Like ah, lad, you're blending." The quintet's second LP, however, has little to do with getting a fit off and everything to do with breaking down the superficial posturing that drives us apart. High Vis are no strangers to raging against the machine; on their 2019 debut, No Sense No Feeling, they sang candidly about the nihilism permeating their lives in working-class Britain. Blending explores themes of class consciousness and anti-capitalism through a more emotional perspective. Like Turnstile's funk-inflected hardcore, High Vis' Britpop-infused post-punk brings an electrifying softness to its own rough edges. ON TRANSLUCENT CLOUDY VINYL.