Exquisite Corpse was a beautiful EP by Warpaint. Before I tell you about how stunning The Fool is, I must say, Elephant and Billie Holiday should be on this album- it’s not a band thing that they aren’t, it just means you need to go out and buy the EP. I heard Exquisite Corpse and instantly fell in love with Warpaint.

Earlier this year, I heard Undertow and my love for them just blossomed. I simply couldn’t get my head (or ears) around how brilliant Warpaint are.The album opens with the glorious Set Your Arms Down which, like every track on The Fool is hypnotic and you just want to please repeat on it- but you have 8 more tracks to indulge your ears in.I do not need to tell you about the wonder that is Undertow. Any decent radio stations will be playing this and any good music television stations will be playing the video. If not, you have YouTube.

I want to attempt to go into detail about how bloody mind blowing this album is. I want to tell you how stunning the guitars are, how haunting the bass is, how incredible the drums are, how gorgeous the vocals are. I don’t know how I’m going to do it because my words are quite simply not going to get my point across, but you do understand I love this album right? Good.

“You could have been my king” is such a haunting lyric. Lines like this make Warpaint. Simple lines like this make you just zone out and picture something in your mind. Something which you cannot describe. They recently said that this album is made for stoners. I don’t do drugs. Never have, never will – I struggle enough with paracetamol. But listening to this album makes you sit back and think you are on some mental trip. It catapults you into a place that you wish to never return from. I don’t think any album this year is going to top The Fool. I know it’s my personal opinion but I try my hardest to not write about something I do not like, and if I don’t- well I try to find something positive in it.

The album closes with Lissie’s Heart Murmur. The piano throughout this song is heartbreaking. If the piano was an emotion, here it would be sadness. It is a sad album at parts- but not in a self loathing kind of way. It is a vulnerable piece of art. There are no fillers, there are no weak tracks and there are no standout tracks. Each song on this album is as brilliant as the last. You may find yourself playing certain songs over and over, then moving on and doing the same with others. This album was made to throw you into a place that nothing or nobody else could send you. This album could probably fill any void in your life, in your heart. I am fully aware I sound like a freak or an obsessive fan- but I have been waiting SO LONG for this album. I am just happy to have heard it a week before- the wait was destroying me.

I cannot say what my favourite song is from the album, all I can say is- each song is perfect. It is not pretentious. It’s dark, haunting and emotional. I seem to like music like that. A lot. It is hypnotising, and quite frankly the best piece of music I have heard all year.

Jenny, Emily, Theresa, and Stella- I thank you. I thank you for creating a masterpiece.