{"product_id":"momus-humperstinck-1","title":"Momus - Humperstinck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: November 20, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAs an inmate in a Dickensian boarding school young Momus had various nicknames: Rabbit, Groovy, Nidge, Poof, Humperstinck. The latter not because he was unfragrant, but because he already sang, and one boy thought it might be amusing to compare him to Engelbert Humperdinck, a crooner known back then for his hit Release Me (and a bit later for Lesbian Seagull, but that's another story). Fast forward to 2026, and the new Momus album — also called Humperstinck — bristles with references to, and sonic quotations from, the work of Bowie and Eno in the late 1970s, to the tech-alienation of John Foxx, and to the Afropop of Talking Heads. There are snapshots of Kafka and Osamu Dazai, self-help songs addressed to monsters from classical mythology, Sondheim-like mixed metaphors, and observational songs about dating apps and the people who hide behind their iPhone screens. We meet quim-gobbling goblins, lost cats, past-it pervert Buddhas and the rings of perfectly ordinary hells before the album dissolves beneath the breakers. Awarding the album 9.6 out of 10, SunBurnsOut enthused: \"Humperstinck is a record of incredible richness and extreme sophistication…\" OutsideLeft called it \"a meaty, sensuous, erotically-charged and taboo set of ideas wrapped in an approachable and glossy mask of pancake make-up and glitter.\" And on the Momus Bandcamp page a reviewer called Artyswe said, simply: \"I think this is one of the better albums by Momus at least for many years\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e1. The Very Secret Life of Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e2. Land Surveyor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3. The Clown at Battle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e4. No Longer Human\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e5. Bastard's Gallery\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e6. Mixed Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e7. Mr Diogenes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e8. My Black Fingernails\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e9. The Hydra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e10. Nausikaa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e11. Apokatastasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e12. The Circus Ring of Hell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e13. The Buddha of Pervertia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e14. The Goblin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e15. 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