Squeeze: Trixies review – finally completed first album proves teenage dreams are hard to beat

(Love/BMG) Squeeze’s first new album in nearly a decade is based on material written when they were teenagers. It’s endearing but callow In interviews to promote their 16th album, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have been upfront about the reason for its existence. After the world shrugged at The Knowledge in 2017, someone told Tilbrook: “‘Nobody is interested in a Squeeze record. What matters is Squeeze’s story.’ That stayed with me,” he says. So not only does Trixies contain a story – it’s...

By Michael Hann