Throughout history, most religions and cultures have a rough idea about how the world might end. Abrahamic ones, like Christianity, Judaism and Islam prophesy their own individual doomsdays, fronted by damning omnipotence, while Dharmic religions, like Hinduism and Buddhism believe a new world will replace ours when it kicks the bucket. For Sleaford Mods, though, the world has already been diagnosed as terminal.
This decline is precisely what drives Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn’s latest studio album, The Demise of Planet X. In Britain’s slow pitch drop towards the £9 meal deal, don’t expect any large-scale Armageddon, nor a spiritual rebirth: The apocalypse has already happened, and all we’re left with is Fred Again, artisan…
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Recorded live in their hometown of Nottingham on 30th November 2024 to a sold-out crowd, this incredible show was part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the iconic Bodega venue. It’s rare for Sleaford Mods to perform for such a small crowd, which made this show feel even more intimate and memorable.
Combining the revolutionary fury of punk and hip-hop with the bleakness of austerity-era Great Britain, Sleaford Mods capture the spirit of their time with blunt eloquence. Andrew Fearn’s minimalistic, intentionally cheap-sounding loops, guitars, and keyboards provide a fitting backdrop as Jason Williamson rants about politics, injustice, and pop culture with outrage, scathing humor, and occasionally, rough-edged poignancy.