"This future is bright and I don't want it..." So begins David MacGregor's powerful 4th album as Broken Chanter: a collection of muscular, visceral compositions that challenge the encroaching alienation of the modern socio- political landscape. Elucidated over 10 songs fuelled by an uncanny empathy and devotion to the human spirit, This Could be Us, You, or Anybody Else builds on 2024's Scottish Album of the Year-Longlisted Chorus Of Doubt's agitprop ecstasy to delirious effect. Recorded as ever at Chemikal Underground's studio Chem19 with producer Paul Savage and with regular collaborators Charlotte Printer, Bartholomew Owl, and Martin Johnston, This Could be Us... is rock music as revelation, protest, community in action. Harking back to the activist post-punk of the early 80s to approach the future, Broken Chanter here sound vital and immediate.