THINK LIKE A KEY MUSIC

Their first new album in nearly 30 years — and they still sound like they’ve slipped in from another dimension.

Back in Clonakilty with long-time co-conspirator Joe Thoma, Dr. Strangely Strange conjure a record that’s part balm, part protest, and all Strange. Folk warmth tangles with psychedelic mischief; reels bend into Bo Diddley shuffles; wind-hummed ballads drift into surreal dreamscapes.

With Tim Goulding, Ivan Pawle, and Tim Booth under Brian Casey’s relatively modern production, Anti-Inflammatory feels both vintage and vividly alive. Not a comeback — a house call from the multiverse.