HEAVY HITTER

Nostalgia is sticky, sweet and immensely satisfying – for a moment or two. It’s also quicksand, a slow death for artists who give up trying to reinvent themselves and instead settle for the fading light of former glories. The lure is there for Gavin Rossdale, who can look back across three decades of music and pick out platinum certifications, but the Bush frontman isn’t ready to give in yet.

The band’s new record is called and, while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it does ask some fresh questions. Chief among them is this: what if Bush were a metal band? Having spent years as the light relief among heavier acts on festival bills, here Rossdale leans into his love of acts such as Tool, System of a Down and Deftones in an attempt to prove that Bush can hang with these bands