1. Listening to The Lucksmiths for the first time in a long time is the aural equivalent of slipping into a warm bath.

2. The wallpaper comes away in long strips; it’s addictive like peeling protective plastic coatings off screens … or picking scabs. Mmm, picking scabs.

3. An offhanded comment quickly becomes a catchphrase for the evening, a riff we return to again and again. Like Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes, it gets funnier each time.