Sleaford Mods

They're a band I don't personally like, but of whom I approve wholeheartedly. They're a bit shouty for my tastes, but I'm glad they exist - one of the very few bands around at the moment making a noise about things they feel are important. Long may they prosper.

I have Austeriry Dogs and Divide And Exit. Take me back to the Peaches days.....

I like them!

I have a number of friends who really like them, though I confess that thus far the penny has yet to drop for me. So I like the idea a lot, but the music leaves me a bit cold. Having said that, I sense there IS  a penny there that could drop. If nothing else it's wonderful to see something with that kind of point of view driving it getting more popular.

Kind of reminds me of a much less hostile version of Consumer Electronics' album Estuary English. But I'm guessing that would be a bit too extreme for most on a forum like this. The Quietus website's review shows how it's not quite as dissimilar to Sleaford Mods as it may seem, though.

There is a need for music like this in 2015, however, I suspect it needs to come from someone other than them. I had an interesting spat with the singer on Twitter wherein he revealed himself to be a little thick and fairly offensive to boot. 

My fundamental issues with them are twofold. Sadly, when you listen to the lyrics, they don't have anything to say. It's just aggressive vague impressionistic stuff. Squeeze were more political with their one line change on the Marr show than this lot. Indeed when you listen hard enough they don't appear to have much affection for their characters and appear to look down on them with a sense of relief they've escaped. 

The other issue is simply the music. If you've heard The Fall and early Arctic Monkeys then you've heard Sleaford Mods. 

Mike Hughes posted:

... The other issue is simply the music. If you've heard The Fall and early Arctic Monkeys then you've heard Sleaford Mods. 

If you've heard only a bit of the Fall's output..    trouble is there are increasingly fewer original acts in contemporary music. It's the flipside of the sheer quantity (not quality) of choice out there nowadays.

Sleaford was never like that when I lived there! Mind you, the place needed something to liven it up.

I wonder if the singer sees any irony in sharing his birthplace with Margaret Thatcher :-)  

Dave***t posted:

Kind of reminds me of a much less hostile version of Consumer Electronics' album Estuary English. But I'm guessing that would be a bit too extreme for most on a forum like this.

I will have to check that out - I have an album CE made with Merzbow back in 1995 and I really like it.

Aha, hope you like it, then. It's not something I listen to often, but it makes a big impression when I do. Similar to Whitehouse. I saw them a couple of times and was blown away, but haven't caught CE live.

Dave***t posted:

Aha, hope you like it, then. It's not something I listen to often, but it makes a big impression when I do. Similar to Whitehouse. I saw them a couple of times and was blown away, but haven't caught CE live.

Whitehouse... there's a blast from the past! Never saw them live but bought some LPs back in the early 80s which made a big impression on me (TG had split by then).

I take it you know about the NWW List? I suspect we may have broadly similar tastes. Are you a lover of the Gristle?

No, hadn't heard of the NWW list, and hadn't really listened to TG - currently checking them out, listening to a track called Discipline, which is great. My background is more in extreme metal stuff, so it's mostly a matter of enjoying bits and pieces of this type of thing as I happen to come across them.

Some of it certainly is great though, and has a strange (paradoxical?) calming effect on me, especially things like Masonna's Frequency LSD.

Will definitely investigate more Gristle!

(Sorry for the digression, OP).

Dave - The NWW List is The Nurse With Wound List (give it a Google), a famous gateway into extreme music. If you like extreme metal, you could try Sunn 0))) or Earth if you haven't already heard them ("Monoliths & Dimensions" and "Earth 2" are good places to start, respectively).

I've always found Sunn incredibly pretentious (even before they added the 0)))).  But I do know & like Attila, he has been on a couple of my own releases, and was responsible for probably the most bizarre gig I've seen.  Maybe having a singer brings back some of the Khanate vibe, so I'll check it out.  Cheers for the tips.

Saw Whitehouse live once, this was massive!

nice to meet forum members that also like NWW, TG, CE, Merzbow etc. - have not listened to my old industrial / noise records for ages

Kevin-W posted:

Dave - The NWW List is The Nurse With Wound List (give it a Google), a famous gateway into extreme music. If you like extreme metal, you could try Sunn 0))) or Earth if you haven't already heard them ("Monoliths & Dimensions" and "Earth 2" are good places to start, respectively).

Just a quick follow up to say ta for the Sunn recommendation.  I finally got round to listening to Monoliths... today, after buying it  a couple of weeks ago.  Turned out not to be the (IMO rather self indulgent) drone I saw when they toured a number of years ago, but rather something I'd say was related to funeral doom, but without drums.  Not corrosive like Khanate, but with its own vibe.  I enjoyed it much more than I expected to.

Glad to hear that Dave!