AFTER Wayne Coyne and his band of psychedelic freaks went all MTV around the turn of the millennium, they won over many new fans.

Following a couple of albums of joyous chart-baiting, the Oklahoma quintet fittingly released the unwieldy and ‘difficult’ double-album Embryonic in 2009. The Terror continues in this vein.

The frontman has described it as ‘bleak and disturbing’, and with its pummelling beats, low-slung bass, scratchy post-punk guitars and wig-out synths, it’s not The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song.

But Coyne’s best vocals for years counteract all the hopeless bad acid vibes with sweet falsetto intonations breaking through the uncompromising yet compelling din.

The hymnal Try To Explain, which recalls East 17’s Christmas No 1 Stay Another Day, is a particular highlight of what is definitely a return to form, just not the same form most will know them for.