Gina Birch, for the uninitiated, is the trailblazing former bass player of feminist post-punk band The Raincoats, beloved of Kurt Cobain, who paved the way for so many: Le Tigre, Problem Patterns, Bikini Body, Amyl and the Sniffers and Lambrini Girls wouldn’t exist without them. She’s also an pioneering artist and film maker.

So it’s wonderful she’s still out there, doing her own rabble-rousing thing. This second solo album, produced by Youth, proves she still has some fire in her belly. On Trouble, Birch muses on mortality, moral panic, freedom and the need for creative rebellion, now more than ever.

It starts off wonderfully, with the anxious dubby itch of ‘I Thought I’d Live Forever’ and the psychedelic, hazy ‘Happiness ‘. ‘Cello Song (Tape Echo)’ is a siren call for strength and resilience. Then there’s the playful ‘Causing Trouble’, which is like a fusion of Joy Division’s juddering percussion with Le Tigre’s joyous ‘Hot Topic’. It’s a neon bubblegum punk roll call of inspiring women, many of whom were incendiary, gifted artists like Lee Miller and Nina Simone.

It’s rather a shame, then, to find some filler. ‘Sleep’ is a slightly trite tale of insomnia, where Birch suffers insomnia over a lover. ‘Keep To The Left’ is a softer take on krautrock. And ‘Nothing Will Ever Change That’ is slightly dated dubstep.

However, the great material far outweighs the not so good, and Birch still has a lot to say. When she lets rip, she feels absolutely unstoppable.