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Bandcamp / Buy The word “island” is usually synonymous with “paradise”—someplace tropical and warm, skewered by beach umbrellas. We’re less likely to think of Alcatraz. But when English rock band Squid mention a “concrete island” in the first minutes of Bright Green Field, it’s closer to the infamous prison than a Sandals resort. The isle in “G.S.K.” is a dystopian slab ruled by Big Pharma, and the record’s opening scene, as sho...

Save this story for later. The British band Squid keeps testing its limits—and the limits of those who would try to define it. Since 2017, the group has released a string of new songs, each a bit weirder than the last, up through last month’s “Pamphlets,” another in a growing constellation of oddities. The band is composed of five musicians, each of whom has multiple roles: the singer and drummer Ollie Judge, the guitarist and vocalist Louis Borlase, the guitarist and vocalist Anton Pea...