MCLUSKY

In the organizer's words:

charm - first entered the British music scene in 1998. Led by Andrew Falkous (vocals/guitar) and originally completed by Matthew Harding (drums) and Jonathan Chapple (bass), the band quickly became an insider tip for fans of gruff guitar sounds and biting lyrics.

Their first album My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours was released in 2000 on the indie label Fuzzbox - a debut that is charming but still noticeably raw. The real breakthrough came two years later, after the band signed to Too Pure and went into the studio with none other than Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, among others). The result: Mclusky Do Dallas (2002) - a boisterous masterpiece that not only sharpened the band's sound, but also delighted critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Tracks like Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues and To Hell with Good Intentions became scene anthems.

In 2004, The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire, the third album, was released - harder, more direct, more uncompromising. But the band's aggressive energy didn't last forever: Mclusky announced their break-up in 2005. The compilation Mcluskyism was released in 2006 as a comprehensive retrospective.

But that was not the end. Singer Falkous founded the follow-up project Future of the Left with former Jarcrew members. And from 2015, Mclusky slowly began to get back together - first under the name Mclusky, then under the original name again. With Damien Sayell (The St. Pierre Snake Invasion) on bass and microphone, the band found a new dynamic.

Then, in September 2023, came the surprise: after 19 years, Mclusky released a new EP with the charmingly quirky title unpopular parts of a pig. The four tracks show that the band has lost none of its biting energy. The songs unpopular parts of a pig and the digger you deep in particular sound like a furious foretaste of the announced fourth studio album - raw, loud and wonderfully uncouth.

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