English indie-poppers Dutch Uncles made a bombastic return to the indie music scene with their newest full-length album, “Big Balloon.” Their fifth studio album, “Big Balloon” was released on February 17, two years after the release of their previous album, “O Shudder.”

The band first announced the new album in November when they released the title track, “Big Balloon,” an upbeat tune with a jittery bass riff, jangly Smiths-esque guitar, and the gleaming androgynous vocals of frontman Duncan Wallis. In the months leading up to the release, Dutch Uncles released two more singles from the album, “Oh Yeah” and “Streetlight.”

In comparison to their previous albums, “Big Balloon” is progressively more experimental than its predecessors. While the songs on “O Shudder” deal particularly with themes such as love and sex, “Big Balloon” doesn’t follow a single narrative. Different songs on the album range in topics from antidepressants, austerity cuts in Britain, loneliness, and paranoia. The track “Sink” even includes lyrics that were inspired by one band member’s visit to Pripyat, a city in Ukraine abandoned after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Although the themes on the album seem very jumbled and random, each song has its own interesting songwriting formula as well as instrumentals that make each track unique and all the more fascinating. Bouncy, mathematically complex rhythms can be found throughout the album. Dutch Uncles is known among indie pop circles for their vast experimentation with time signatures, while maintaining a traditional indie pop vibe.