Dominique Wall, Journalist

Manson’s relevance has been detrimentally affected over the past five years, so it’s going to take some doing to regain his standing. Born Villain is a leap in the right direction.

Sincerely touching, lyrically poetic and musically interesting, it seems Hawley has not been afraid to shake things up and push his songwriting further, and it is a move that has paid off handsomely.

“Shut up! We’ve got no time for clapping – we’ve gotta play more songs.”