Insecure Men – ‘A Man For All Seasons’ album review: brittle catharsis glows with grubby beauty
Back with sophomore album A Man For All Seasons via Fat Possum, Insecure Men frontman Saul Adamczewski conjures another slice of bruised reverie and caustic wistfulness that straddles the light and dark as only he can.
The Skinny: It’d been a tough previous year for the Insecure Men founder and on-off Fat White family guitarist. Lapsing into an episode of psychosis wrought from drug abuse, the tentative steps towards recovery have been scored with a dissected openness, helped by a gaggle of mates and collaborators across members of Warmduscher, Primal Scream, and Mozart Estate. Shrouded with a cloud of brittle catharsis, Adamczewski has never sounded so vulnerable yet strangely confident.
An artful brew of piquant flourish bubbles amid A Man For All Seasons’ eclectic broth. Chintzy synthpop prickles all over ‘Cleaning Bricks’, replete with a cheerful brass strut, and an eerie industrial clangour haunts with post-punk skulk on ‘Butter’. Such an eccentric mosaic of tangy flavours all gel and curdle together with that uniquely Insecure Men mulch that both complement and clash in equal, repelling measure.
A Man For All Seasons swirls at its finest when Adamczewski plays the wounded crooner, however. Standing naked at the centre of his private confessionals and leaden regrets, the smoggy exotica, stale lounge aura, and spooky country is the record’s beating heart as pulsing through ‘Time Is a Healer’, Insecure men unveiling a spectral curtain that conjures a caustically romantic realm with grubby, dishevelled beauty.
The Verdict: Inviting vast expansion of sonic stylings, Insecure Men score enlightenment and rumination with phantasmic beckon, a record both packed with Adamczewski’s tried and tested humour but revealing the arduous road to healing with all the scars and scabs along the way.
Defining Song: ‘Time Is a Healer’
Release date: November 7th, 2025 | Producer: Raf Rundell | Label: Fat Possum
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