Dear Mastodon,

You new album, The Hunter, is really bloody good.

Bravo, you.

I cannot resist its magical riffs and nonsensical lyricism.

At times it's like every vital rock album of the past 30 years has been condensed into one package.

(After three spins, anyway. Chances are it'll sound crap in a fortnight. But right now...)

AMAZING.

Mastodon are great, aren't they? I gave one of their albums 10/10 on these pages. I think.