Now they're back in sync - both albums look at troubled times and preach the gospel.

The album looks likely to follow the success of the single while retaining a gritty, passionate, urban core.

But these days, even remix albums are looking a bit old-fashioned.

From the debut album Looks and Talent (don t always go together) .

Although the two albums look different, the actual songs themselves are very similar.

The 1977 album Don't Look Down also contained a song that was held back.

Both albums look set for completion at the beginning of 2014.

Both albums look backward to go forward.

The album, or collection of songs - the de facto way to buy pop music for the last 40 years - is suddenly looking old-fashioned.

"We thought these three albums should look like they belong together on a bookshelf", said Batmanglij.