“John Lydon’s public persona remains as contrarian as ever. But on PiL’s first album in eight years, his voice remains captivating—and, occasionally, surprisingly moving.”
“Almost half a century into a career in which his stock in trade has been wilful provocation, John Lydon finally revealed his tender side on January’s comeback single Hawaii, a disarmingly poignant and beautiful goodbye to his terminally ill wife, Nora, who died in April. Lyrically, the rest of its parent album is rather more boilerplate abrasive: Being Stupid Again finds him gleefully attacking st”
