Balancing deeply personal songs (“Don’t Make Me Go Back” / “2am”) with dystopian storytelling (“Loose Cannons”), AWNHFF? offers rainy-day alt-rock firmly in Stancer’s own wry and empathetic voice. The record weaves darkly comic world-building, invoking noxious TikTok pranksters ("Are We Not Here For Fun?"), overly sensitive hitmen ("Quasi Killer - Gotta Come At It Another Way") and lovelorn robo-soldiers ("With A Little More Luck We Can Get Out Alive"), with intimate portraits of relationships unravelling under pressure (“State Of The Union” / “Ricochet” / “Like Radio Waves”). These songs echo Robert Wyatt and Radiohead, yet remain unmistakably Stancer.

With A Little More Luck We Can Get Out Alive

Jon Stancer