Sleaford Mods UK GRIM PRE ORDER SILVER VINYL LP 10/03/23

 Sleaford Mods are pleased to announce their new album ‘UK GRIM’,
released through Rough Trade Records.  As the Nottingham duo’s most dancefloor friendly release to date, ‘UK
GRIM’ is an urgent and sage-like look at life, living and the gritty
reality of our era.  The video for lead track ‘UK GRIM’ is directed by British Collage Artist
and Satirist Cold War Steve, who has created a series of original
savage yet satirical artworks for the collaboration. This is his debut
music video and debut animation, having previously illustrated covers
for Time Magazine and The New Statesman.  Truly the sound of now, not only in terms of the ideas and issues
Jason Williamson’s strong words invoke, but also thanks to the
innovative and immersive production of Andrew Fearn, which on this
release has seen the pair collaborate on songs with Jane’s
Addiction’s creative powerhouse, Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro,
and with Florence Shaw, the distinct and vital voice at the heart of
British band Dry Cleaning.  Speaking of the forces that have triggered the poetic protest at the
heart of this record, as with their musical forebears like The Clash or
The Jam, Sleaford Mods reveal that the outrage they feel is
underscored by love for the people and places around them, making
‘UK GRIM’ as much a celebration of individuals and the idealists as it
is an attack on ruling classes who pursue their own self-serving
agendas with increasing desperation.  “Maybe we are proud of the country. Maybe we are proud to be
English,” explains Williamson. “Maybe I’m proud of the horrible grey
streets and the shit weather and the stupid fashions I find myself
investing in. It’s just that the English we’re proud of being is
absolutely nothing like the English the authorities want to try and
promote.”  Angry yet artful, innovative yet possessing an instinctual energy that
irresistibly moves bodies and minds, ‘UK GRIM’ is an erudite
electronic vision that truly engages with times that have been
anything but ‘precedented’.  Available to independent retailers on silver vinyl.