Yes, at Croft Mill, which was A+. Found the music store slash cafe the following morning, spent a happy half hour there.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 11:38 (nine years ago) link
amazing show tonight in Manchester. they've got this new one (possibly Bronx In A Six) which has a mentally loud (and fantastic) bass that was giving me major MBV flashbacks.
― piscesx, Saturday, 16 May 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Surprised nobody is talking about the new one, which has some minor departures (more surreal lyrics in some places; some vocals that are very nearly sung). It's really great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gvxxhcS8s
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Friday, 10 July 2015 10:19 (eight years ago) link
I reviewed it a few weeks ago, and I think it's their best yet: a consolidation and a progression. The Tarantula Deadly Cargo/Rupert Trousers/Giddy On The Ciggies sequence towards the end of Side 2 is particularly killer.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 10 July 2015 11:08 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM2f0YWhP9o
― mike t-diva, Friday, 10 July 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link
liked no one's bothered, interesting too see how long they can last w/the formula
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 July 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
andy partridge endorsement sold me on these guys. v prime-era Fall
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Suspended from UK Labour, apparently..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 14:37 (seven years ago) link
They can kick you out of their party?
― SOMEONE'S got to program the propaganda simulacra (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 16 September 2016 09:53 (seven years ago) link
new album out: English Tapas
really digging it, feels like maybe they were saving their a-game for the Rough Trade debut, best since Divide & Exit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQZN01Cqzek
slightly expanding, vox a little more melodic..last song "I Feel So Wrong" is pretty...lush (relatively speaking) for them
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 March 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
"Suspended from UK Labour, apparently.."
I don't think I like the music but fair play for calling Dan Jarvis a "posing cunt".
― calzino, Monday, 6 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
agree with this. a bit more focused after quitting the booze/drugs, perhaps?
TRIP TO SPAR IS LIKE A TRIP TO MARS *beep beep*
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
It comes as a relief after the TCR EP; lead track aside, I thought the other ones were coasting it a bit. But this is bang on again.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
yeah TCR EP was pretty weak I thought, TIWAS maxi/single EP thing was pretty ok, mostly just because they were probably contractually obligated to eventually title a song "Bunch of Cunts"
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
This band are so embarrassing.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
why embarrassing?
― Position Position, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
williamson has such a mix of vulnerability & endeavour to him it's more like fondly rolling yr eyes at an old school friend imo
― ogmor, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Yeah otm, hearing the awfulness of Slaves made a pretty great case to me of just how much Sleaford Mods do right
― devvvine, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
i agree but i think too many bands don't risk being embarrassing now
or i like the earnestness disguised as cynicism
in their very minimal, blunt instrument way i think that their beats are kind of amazing and catchy
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
they have such a limited musical palette that i'm pretty surprised they've managed to last this long
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
Re the "where in the history of other bands do they fit in" vein present in parts of this thread: might an elephant in the room be Carter USM?
Then again, a track on the new one reminded me of DAF more than anything!
"Just Like We Do" cracks me up, especially the phrase "social medias".
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 17 March 2017 01:30 (seven years ago) link
What's a drag, is that there is a cassette edition, couple of hundred, with odd nick-nacks freebies, and side 1 has the album and side 2 has a live gig.
Now, I'd like the live gig, but it sold out in seconds and it's now selling on ebay for around £50.
The package comes with a download for the live gig (only), but no place else to get it.
― Mark G, Friday, 17 March 2017 07:42 (seven years ago) link
They were the answer in a pub quiz I was in last week. Sellouts.
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Friday, 17 March 2017 09:05 (seven years ago) link
I had to look up what BHS was but now I actually like the song better.
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Friday, 17 March 2017 11:42 (seven years ago) link
I could see Carter USM in a way
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 March 2017 13:14 (seven years ago) link
in a very correct way
― mark s, Friday, 17 March 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
Would still take Prinzhorn Dance School over these lads.
― nashwan, Friday, 17 March 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
i guess they felt a little more like a proper band and also more part of what was going on w/dance music at the time, to me at least
Fearn's deciding to not do the whole phony "let me put my headphones on one ear and pretend i'm messing with all these knobs" thing is def one of my fav things about SM
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 March 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link
I think they're ironically aware of the Carter USM thing; there's a track on the new album that is somewhat laden with You Fat Bastards.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 18 March 2017 00:09 (seven years ago) link
What really cartered it for me may have been the "Brexity Roller" pun.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 18 March 2017 08:52 (seven years ago) link
aaaaaand i'm out
― Pengest & Corsa (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 March 2017 08:54 (seven years ago) link
just discovered the genius of sleaford mods
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 06:03 (six years ago) link
he seems like a good egg
https://themindmap.co.uk/interviews/going-emotions-sleaford-mods/
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dj8aaw2X4AASFIX.jpg
― still wackford after all these squeers (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:45 (five years ago) link
:)
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:56 (five years ago) link
Carter USM comparison is kinda apt, still love them though
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link
new record getting good early reviews - I guess S.M usually do
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Saturday, 23 February 2019 03:06 (five years ago) link
new album is great, a little more oomph and atmosphere in the instrumentals, I think. but also a kazoo
― Simon H., Monday, 11 March 2019 12:48 (five years ago) link
still fucking good
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 25 November 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link
Unexpected lockdown cover of 'BHS' by Glenn Tilbrook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fYkma_YVo
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 11 July 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
haha amazing.
― piscesx, Saturday, 11 July 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
Love live videos of SM, with the producer bopping his head and drinking a tallboy every time.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 12 July 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
The only band Mark E. Smith was willing to praise near the end of his life? Pretty surprising, seemed Fall-adjacent enough for him to get mad.
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
I hadn't heard that! makes sense though...
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
I make a little time in my life for the Sleaford Mods every now and then
Marc Riley praised a lot more and his opinion means a lot less but I would just like to co-opt this thread to say that his approval of the Flat Worms was not done in error, they are good
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
The female guest vocals on a couple of the new tracks do feel like a welcome alleviation of the sometimes relentless blokiness of this stuff, while still being totally consistent with the overall aesthetic.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
ha I made a SM mix a couple weeks ago and brought her verse in twice
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
I don’t really think of them as particularly blokey per se; Jason’s not like his onstage persona when he’s offstage, and Andrew’s gay. That said, I do also welcome the recent female guest vocals... they offset something.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
I think it's their best album in a while
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
Billy Nomates solo work is quite good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhEX9n5DjZQ
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link