The vitality of Burning Cities and the renewed vigour of Skids truly compensates for the thirty-seven year gap between this new album and its 1981 predecessor. It definitely re-establishes the band as one of the pillars of Post-Punk/New Wave music and reaffirms Skids’ rightful place in the history and development of the much beloved music genre. It’s as powerful as all of their old albums, in fact it’s arguably better overall than any recent albums by bands who Skids influenced; Manic Street Preachers, Green Day and even U2! More than just a ‘comeback’, Burning Cities is a great 2018 rock album, not one last tilt at the windmill.