Mekons: Mudcrawlers
(Hearth)
Out now
Mekons launch one other observe from their highly-anticipated new album and show that they’re nonetheless ploughing their very personal eclectic path.
As we introduced final month, Mekons are set to return with their new album Horror, out on Hearth Data on the 4th of April. On their newest single, Mudcrawlers, the band show that, even after nearly half a century at it, they’re nonetheless in a position to , twist and switch inside their post-punk/people/jangle/experimental kinds to supply songs that defy expectations.
The tune has a definite ’80s heyday IRS R.E.M. vibe, a tune that might have sat completely on Fables Of Reconstruction with its excellent stability of tough chaos via a evenly polished sheen. The tune itself although tackles the historic tales of refugees fleeing the Irish famine to Wales, a subject that also resounds at present, nearly two centuries later as hundreds of thousands across the globe are compelled from their properties via warfare and environmental catastrophe.
The tune can be a snapshot of a an album that, in response to the band, seems at historical past and the legacies of British imperialism with mashed up lyrics set in opposition to a usually eclectic sound that amalgamates every little thing from dub, nation, noise, rock & roll, electronica, punk, music corridor and polka.
On the idea of Mudcrawlers, Horror will little doubt be one other excessive level for the band.
Horror is out there now on pre-order from Hearth Data.
The album is out 4th April and out there to pre-order in all outlets on restricted purple vinyl and CD. Clients ordering from the Hearth Web site (UK + US) and Bandcamp, can even buy the Deluxe bundle: Restricted Version Purple LP, Black Tote Bag + 3 x Double Sided ‘Horror’ Artwork Playing cards.
Mekons have introduced an intensive European and US tour. Particulars beneath:
UK
08 Might: Con Membership, Lewes TICKETS
09 Might: The Corn Trade, Newport TICKETS
10 Might: Brudenell Social Membership, Leeds TICKETS
11 Might: Stereo, Glasgow, TICKETS
12 Might: Cluny, Newcastle, TICKETS
13 Might: Deaf Institute, Manchester, TICKETS
14 Might: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, TICKETS
15 Might: 100 Membership, London, TICKETS
Europe
17 Might: Djingel Djangel, Antwerp, Belgium
18 Might: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19 Might: Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany
20 Might: Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
21 Might: Palac Akropolis, Prague, Czech Republic
22 Might: Chelsea, Vienna, Austria
23 Might: Kino, Ebensee, Austria
24 Might: El Lokal, Zurich, Switzerland
25 Might: Freakout, Bologna, Italy
26 Might: Bellezza, Milan, Italy
28 Might: Milla Membership, Munich, Germany
29 Might: Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany
31 Might: Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France
USA
09 Jul: The Superb Line, Minneapolis, MN, US
10 Jul: Vivarium, Milwaukee, WI, US
11 Jul: Fitzgeralds, Berwyn, IL, US
13 Jul: Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI, US
14 Jul: Metropolis Vineyard, Pittsburgh, PA, US
16 Jul: Metropolis Vineyard, Boston, MA, US
17 Jul: Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, US
18 Jul: White Eagle Corridor, Jersey Metropolis, NJ, US
19 Jul: Philadelphia Moral Society, Philadelphia, PA, US
20 Jul: Union Stage, Washington, DC, US
22 Jul: Metropolis Vineyard, Atlanta, GA, US
23 Jul: Metropolis Vineyard, Nashville, TN, US
26 Jul: Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA, US
29 Jul: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA, US
30 Jul: Nice American Music Corridor, OR, US
01 Aug: Mississippi Music Corridor, Portland, OR, US
02 Aug: Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, US
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