After their outstanding run of EPs, Al Wooton and Valentina Magaletti broaden the scope of their post-punk tinged dub collaboration with an album as ambitious as it is deadly. Given Magaletti's position as one of the most prolific, in-demand and inventive percussionists in active service in and around alternative music in the UK, there is of course a strong focus on drums throughout Deliverance & Spiritual Warfare, but equally the pair relish the opportunity to bring all kinds of fresh tones into their sonic palette. From obscure and exotic instrumentation to simmering orchestral swells, treading the line between overtly electronic soundsystem music and rugged organic fare, this is as good as the prior EPs promised it would be. Truly essential, mesmerising stuff.