Fasten your seatbelts - Yak are about to take you on a heady trip

Swaggering lead track “No” is so wired it sounds like Mackey made them go without sleep for a week before recording it. Starting with seven whacks of Elliot Rawson’s snare, followed by Andy Jones’ similarly seven note bassline - which is then played on repeat throughout the song - Oli Burslem’s singing recalls the frenzied mania of Talking Head’s “Psycho Killer” as well as the drawled vocal of Peter Perret from 70s should’ve beens The Only Ones. It’s frenetic rock 'n roll that doesn’t draw a breath until its end.

After such a heady start, the freeform “Alas Salvation” is a slight misstep. While live it may be a hoot, on record it’s slightly indulgent art-school rock - clocking in at 72 seconds it sounds like it could have been written in half that time and should have stayed in the rehearsal room.

But that’s soon forgotten with closing track “Out On A Limb”. Ushered in by a ghostly wail and a mellow guitar strum, the addition of jazz-like drums and a bass that alternates from a pop melody to krautrock distortion provide a fittingly spacey backdrop for Burslem’s increasingly strung out guitar and vocal.

The No EP rounds off Yak’s fantastic year very nicely, with equal parts intense and incendiary. It’ll be fascinating to see where their trip takes them in 2016.