In January 2026 Sleaford Mods will release their new and thirteenth album ‘The Demise Of Planet X’. As ever, it’s a great snapshot of the times with the visceral diatribes from Jason Williamson perfectly aligned with Andrew Fearn’s ever-inventive music. The genius of Sleaford Mods is that they have managed to be both strictly minimalist within their own idea of their sound of the pumelling beats and bass grooves and the frantic verbals of the vocal rush and yet they have reinvented it over and over again and never repeated themselves.
And the new album is yet another brilliant twist in their sonic adventures and their genius duality. The words are angry and hilarious. The music is brutal yet pop. They are local and international. They deal with the death of the planet not in a big apocalyptic bang but by a death by a thousand c@nts. They are minimalism and maximalism all at once!
Sleaford Mods will release their new album, ‘The Demise Of Planet X’, on 16 January 2026 via Rough Trade Records. The record is available to pre-order and pre-save now.
Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s most expansive and ambitious release to date, the album features a rare guest appearance from former Life Without Buildings frontwoman Sue Tompkins, plus collaborations with Aldous Harding, soul singer Liam Bailey and grime MC Snowy, the latter two both hailing from band’s hometown Nottingham.
In her first foray into music, actress Gwendoline Christie (Wednesday/Severance/Game Of Thrones) also joins Midlands band Big Special on Sleaford Mods new single The Good Life, which is released today accompanied by a video directed by Ben Wheatley (The Kill List/A Field In England/Bulk).
Boasting the duo’s most varied and expressive musical approach so far, ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ charts, critiques and satirises our times, while offering a universal cry of anger and release of energy that pushes against the encroaching cultural darkness.
Contemplating the world coming to an end not with a big bang but in slowly rising tide of irritating mundanity, ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ strikes back with vivid sonics, acerbic words, enveloping atmospheres and an engaging wit across 13 tracks that will move hearts, minds and feet.
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