Horror (INDIE EXCLUSIVE RED VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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’ a collection of songs written in late 2022 but providing 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 disquiet.

Meanwhile, Rico takes the lead on the maliciously luscious ‘Fallen Leaves’ an appalled and appalling Hammer Horror take on climate breakdown reminiscent of Rolling Thunder Dylan, that recalls The Pogues at their most introspective, its Celtic twilightism augmented by Susie Honeyman’s keening violin as the dying sun sinks down and the river Styx flows on in the pitch black night.

Label:
Fire Records – FIRELP770
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red
Country:
UK
Released:
Apr 4, 2025
Genre:
Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Indie Rock, Country Rock
A1        The Western Design    4:38
A2        Sad And Sad And Sad    3:23
A3        Glasgow    3:25
A4        Fallen Leaves    3:10
A5        War Economy    2:55
A6        Mudcrawlers    3:19
B7        A Horse Has Escaped    2:42
B8        Private Defense Contractor    4:04
B9        Sanctuary    2:51
B10        Surrender    2:31
B11        You're Not Singing Anymore    3:17
B12        Before The Ice Age    3:25
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fire Records
Copyright © – Fire Records
Published By – Fire Songs
Recorded At – Elefante Estudios
Mixed At – Elefante Estudios
Recorded At – Chateau Trumfio
Mixed At – Chateau Trumfio
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BO22660
A&R – James Nicholls
Bass, Guitar, Synth – Baron Dracula
Design, Layout – Mr Gordo
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals – Steve Ghostly
Guitar, Bass, Piano – Lu Cthulhu
Lacquer Cut By – ST*
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Sally Tremblings
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Mellotron, Sampler – Tom Onster
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Melodica, Brass [Simulations], Piano, Whistling – H.P. Langsauce
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Organ, Keyboards, Harmonica, Whistling – Eric Allen Poe
Producer [Produced By] – Mekons*
Recorded By, Mixed By – The Baron (13)
Sequenced By [Master Sequencing] – Celso Estrada
Songwriter – Mekons*
Violin, Piano, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Susie Horrorman
Runouts are etched.
Barcode (Text from sticker on shrink-wrap): 8 09236 00302 7
Barcode (Text from rear jacket): 8 09236 17701 8
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): FIRELP770 BO22660-01 A1 ST 1+
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): FIRELP770 BO22660-01 B1 ST 1|
 

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: WORLD
• Format Type: LP