SLEAFORD MODS – Rap Punk Poetry By Numbers On 13th Album ‘THE DEMISE OF PLANET X’ Out
17 January 2026
Band: SLEAFORD MODS
Who: Rap-punk poetry duo featuring
voice Jason Williamson and instrumentalist
Andrew Fearn.
New album: THE DEMISE OF PLANET X
Their 13th one.
Press info: “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 a engaging wit across 13 tracks that will move hearts, minds and feet.’
Jason Williamson: “The Demise Of Planet X represents a life lived under immense uncertainty, shaped by mass trauma,” declares frontman Jason Williamson. “When we wrote the last album, it was about stagnation, a country that felt like a lifeless corpse.
Three years later, that corpse has been split open by war, genocide, and the lingering psychological fallout of Covid, whilst social media has mutated into a grotesque, twisted
form of digital engineering. It feels like we’re living among the ruins. A multi-layered abomination etched into our collective psyche.”
DIY Magazine says: “If not already a fan, what would one get out of ‘The Demise of Planet X’ that doesn’t already feature in their back catalogue, beside a few more timely references? Much like the state of the country they wax lyrical about, Sleaford Mods are stuck in a rut.”
TUTV: Mods by numbers, sonically and thematically. 4 out of the 5 singles (listen below)
are the LP’s highlights. The rest of the tunes vary from good to mediocre, and that’s not enough to have a memorable album for the future. Their razor-sharp way of filleting all sorts of social injustice still is spot-on, but my hungry taste for infectious hip-hop wallops
is not satisfied.
– ELITEST G.O.A.T. –
All 5 singles
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ALBUM
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