The Mekons

Release Date: 11/07/2025
Format: LP
Label: Fire Records
Release type: Indie Exclusive White Vinyl LP Pressing 

Legendary postmodern, post punk, post human, past caring collective Mekons return with a brand-new album for 2025. Their first release on Fire Records, ‘Horror’ provides a horribly prescient reflection of the world in its current miasma and how we got here.

‘Horror’ looks at history and the legacies of British imperialism with mashed up lyrics set against a typically eclectic sound that amalgamates everything from dub, country, noise, rock & roll, electronica, punk, music hall, polka and you can even take your partner for a nice waltz on ‘Sad And Sad And Sad’. The roots of their global sound reflect their nomadic journey through time and space from Leeds to California in the West and Siberia in the East and is woven into the fabric and intricacies of their song creation…

Sounding like The Chills and R.E.M circa the I.R.S Records years, ‘Mudcrawlers’ sees just about the whole band joining Jon Langford on vocals speaking of Irish famine and refugees journeying to Wales. ‘War Economy’ shivers in the cold of such Boroughs spiked one-liners: “Clinical coercion will not achieve dominance!” Sounding like its straight off a Jenny Holzer neon sign (she of Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise), it’s held together by a disgruntled swaggering riff that underpins an explosion of...  more

1. The Western Design 04:38
   
2. Sad 03:23
   
3. Glasgow 03:25
   
4. Fallen Leaves 03:10
   
5. War Economy 02:55
   
6. Mudcrawlers 03:19
   
7. A Horse Has Escaped 02:42
   
8. Private Defense Contractor 04:04
   
9. Sanctuary 02:51
   
10. Surrender 02:31
    
11. You're Not Singing Anymore 03:17
    
12. Before The Ice Age 03:25