Sleaford Mods

I FUCKING LOVE THIS!

What a fine idea!

@orbitalband + @sleafordmods
incoming....Wednesday - 13th October - 2021 pic.twitter.com/UtOPWHtS0R

— Orbital (@orbitalband) October 12, 2021

!?

I encourage this.

woah that's cool

bring it

The vocalist was on one track from the Scorn album before this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4APkN6hUZo

Before the current one, I mean. Track above is from 2019.

Here it is in full:
I Don't Rate You (Orbital Remix) - Sleaford Mods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmH2xvf1Og

I came back, I thought James' t-shirt said "MeganAsFuck" I was like wo.

Andrew's t-shirt, I mean.

Currently on their biggest tour in the UK; this is a nice surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031ltWRGioQ

You don't think it's going to work... and then it does.

The Uncut Curated Editions Special is well worth getting, BTW. It's pleasingly thorough, and they've clearly taken leading roles in its construction.

https://✧✧✧.un✧✧✧.c✧.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sleaford-mods-co✧✧✧@1400x1050-696x✧✧✧.j✧✧

https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/special-issues/introducing-our-latest-online-exclusive-curated-by-sleaford-mods-134439/

Just wanted to say wow and fucking wow at this band right now. Released banging new video featuring Perry Farrell. Force Ten and UK GRIM both outstanding stuff. I am buzzing for the new album this weekend.

I was so bowled over by English Tapas at its time that I've found everything since then vaguely more pedestrian, but yeah, "Force 10" in particular is promising. Who's the guest vocalist?

In the process of not finding out that on discogs, I learned about the 2022 Orbital collab, which sounds suitably mad and dandy.

Florence Shaw (from Dry Cleaning) is the collab for Force 10

Bought the new one this morning, not yet listened but will get around to it later. They're doing a live internet broadcast tomorrow at 9pm bst on YT wit Q and A

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for YT headsup!

"get married and go on safari" cracks me up every time. They do have this knack of striking imagery, to use ilx parlance.

oh more heads up on that yt thing, Mods say from 8:30 they will be in chat to answer questions.

when he sings "don't go" upthread he sounds rather a lot like Paul Weller

liking this one more than the last few

Perry Farrell sounds like he was airdropped in from a '90s ska-punk record.

Hiya Dan. Apologies but we are not sharing a bill. Sheer Mag are supporting us because this is our tour. Credit where credits due, of course and I understand this is their hometown, however this isn’t an event that has a shared billing. They are the support.

— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) April 10, 2023

(in relation to a tweet saying they’re sharing the bill)

followed by throwing his toys out of the pram when being mocked for it

It was about that time again I guess for accounts with under 15 thousand followers, loosely connected to gatekeepers and disc jockeys to accuse us once more of punching down. A term beyond ripe for the bin, along with ‘vital’ and ‘amazing’.

— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) April 12, 2023

settle down lad, you're not a fucking pharoah

hilarious that they would care so much abt being the main act?

Talking to @mattforde very soon. Tickets on sale now innit. https://t.co/FgI9BnkYcq

— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) July 2, 2023

Aaaaaaaand they're finished

it's bad enough getting the kiss of death from that unfunny melt twat, but then being civil towards him - that is a cancellation level crime alright!

"this plodding pub-rock number with trenchant lyrics about Universal Credit + Austerity Britain is dedicated out to our hilarious comrade buddy Matte Forde.."

Matt Forde's nine favourite records for mental wellbeing:

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/comedian-matt-forde-nine-favourite-albums/

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pM0HcifJTI4xiiXfUjHK7?go=1&sp_cid=b7c0a2bd992f55c6376109a270042ba2&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1

opened the link with slight trepidation that this cunt would have reasonable taste in music, first choice was Be Here Now, so that was a relief, no need to read any further.

tbf I give him some credit for his defence of Dire Straits

Obviously a guy with a profound love for and appreciation of music

The reason it's nine albums and not ten is obviously because those are the only albums he's ever heard.

no need to read any further

You'd like to think so but you'd be wrong.

that is some Gregg Turkington in movie buff mode shit right there

i have no idea who matt forde is but that list is incredible

the ghostbuster inclusion and then selecting a truck stop johnny cash comp called "itchy feet" killed me

he's an exemplar of everything is wretched about UK comedy and politics, fucking hideous guy

Ok, guess we're all done with these twats now

How to destroy any notion of being some brave political band speaking truth to power in 10 seconds. https://t.co/yZ1RwTFeMk pic.twitter.com/Y3ulM4ZfKG

— C (@Obsayxx) November 4, 2023

The "I'm thick" defense.

I notice the first reply to the original tweet is Leeroy from the Prodigy saying, "Your not wrong". LOL.

https://www.stereogum.com/2241539/sleaford-mods-end-show-early-after-palestinian-scarf-thrown-onstage-dont-be-asking-me-to-pick-sides/news/

“Don’t be asking me to pick sides for something I ain’t got any real idea about, at a gig,” they wrote. “I’m a singer. My job is music. The only real thing I know about War is that I’m sick and tired of premature death like we all are. Of the murder of anyone, under whatever fucking belief grid.”

Sleaford Melts

Local politics only! pic.twitter.com/xrAJELIOQg

— General Erection (@ErectionGeneral) November 4, 2023

Seeing them in Manchester tomorrow. On the plus side if they cut the show short I'll be able to catch the train home instead of uber.

Take along a Palestinian flag to make sure.

Bob Vylan has been calling out pseudo-left bands like Sleaford Mods and Idles on their current tour. I'd missed the previous revive so didn't know which bands they were talking about at the gig (they had called them both out by name at a previous gig, but the one I went to they said they didn't want it to become a this band vs that band beef so didn't name anyone specifically)

I miss that guy on Twitter who kept winding up Sleaford Mods by congratulating them for their MBE tbh

I wonder where Benefits land on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THuZ2tTn9yY-

Assumed the revive was for their Pet Shop Boys endorsed version of ‘West End Girls’. Not one of their finer moments.