In the duality of the record’s title lie the rival sides of science and religion, the head and the heart, and the dangers and fears that rise when the former wins out over the latter. These are songs of loss, departure and death but they are never without warmth or hope.

Ben Knox Miller says that the title is the fear at having the safety blanket of religion yanked away from us. In that light, the comfort in OMGCD comes through the fear being collective rather than isolated.

Oh My God, Charlie Darwin begins softly with the ghostly ‘Charlie Darwin’, Knox Miller’s falsetto sounding like a desperately lonely cry in the dark.

From the stomping blues of ‘The Horizon Is A Beltway’ and the Waits/Kerouac cover ‘Home, I’ll Never Be’ to the gorgeous, folk of ‘To Ohio’ and standout ‘Ticket Taker’, The Low Anthem never put a foot wrong.

This is one of the best records released this year by a country mile.

Mark Grassick