With the fastest selling tour in British history tucked firmly under the belts of the recently reformed five piece, you’d be forgiven for expecting an album harking back to their 90′s heyday. However with Progress, the band have released one of the most striking albums of the year.

Lead single ‘The Flood’ is the closest thing to a Barlow-ballad on the record and is swiftly forgotten as the new Take That sound bursts out of the speakers. From the angst of ‘SOS’ to the slow electro-lullaby of ‘Pretty Things’, Progress is not the album anyone would have expected from the boyband, yet is all the better for it.

An automatic contender for album of the year, the record’s title seems like an understatement. This is much more than progress.