Cat: RT 0391CD. Rel: 13 Mar 23
Indie/Alternative
Track 1. UK GRIM |
Track 2. DI Why |
Track 3. Force 10 From Navarone |
Track 4. Tilldipper |
Track 5. On The Ground |
Track 6. Right Wing Beast |
Track 7. Smash Each Other Up |
Track 8. Don |
Track 9. So Trendy |
Track 10. I Claudius |
Track 11. Pit 2 Pit |
Track 12. Apart From You |
Track 13. Tory Kong |
Track 14. Rhythms Of Class |
Sleaford Mods have long dealt in biting, angry and frustrated social commentary. Right now, they're not short on inspirations, and it's this that makes 'UK Grim' such a terrific album. Throughout, mic man Jason Williamson takes aims at the ills of the UK and the increasingly dark, nasty rhetoric of the Conservative government that he so clearly detests. Combine these inspired vocal diatribes (shout-along hooks included) with backing tracks that don't shy away from making things heavy, paranoid and intense - think warped, weighty basslines, lo-fi drum machine rhythms and fuzzy, scuzzy, post-punk guitars - and you have one of the Nottingham duo's most hard-hitting and breathlessly brilliant albums to date... and that's saying something.