Mclusky announce first new album in 20 years, the world is still here and so are we

Mclusky have announced their first new album in over 20 years. On May 9, the Welsh noise rock group will release the world is still here and so are we via Ipecac. It’s their first album since 2004’s The Difference Between You and Me Is I’m Not On Fire, and they’ve shared two new singles, “way of the exploding dickhead” and “unpopular parts of a pig.” Hear them both below, including the humorous video for the former, directed by Remy Lamont.

Andrew Falkous said in a statement, “with a title modeled on/ripped off a formative video game (‘the way of the exploding fist’ on the zx spectrum), and lyrics inspired by the huge excitement caused by the surge pricing on tickets to see a band play well in the distance, ‘way of the exploding dickhead’ is a modern parable, without the parable bit.”

Read our interview with Mclusky, as well as our Hall of Fame feature on the band’s 2002 album, Mclusky Do Dallas.

Mclusky the world is still here and so are we tracklist:

1. unpopular parts of a pig
2. cops and coppers
3. way of the exploding dickhead
4. the battle of los angelsea
5. people person
6. the competent horse thief
7. kafka-esque novelist franz kafka
8. the digger you deep
9. autofocus on the prime directive
10. not all steeplejacks
11. chekhov’s guns
12. juan party-system
13. hate the polis

Mclusky tour dates:

May 8 – wrexham, uk the rockin’ chair
May 18 – brussels, be les nuits botaniques (w/the jesus lizard)
May 23 – manchester, uk gorilla
May 24 – leeds, uk brudenell
May 29 – london, uk electric ballroom
May 31 – bristol, uk swx