Bleep

The 10th studio album from John Lydon’s best band, and their second since reactivating in 2009 after a 17 year hiatus. With their days making dub-inspired avant-garde experiments now long behind them, What The World Needs Now… sees PiL settle into a post-punk groove and deliver a string of rambunctious (and often quite silly) songs. The album is at its best when Lydon confronts modern issues (‘Corporate’ appeals for a sense of community in an age of corporate totalitarianism) or when he opens up most about his own experiences (closing track ‘Shoom’ concludes that the rock’n’roll myths of sex, drugs, and success are all basically pointless – and he’d know).