Legendary Welsh punk outfit mclusky is back. May 9, 2025, marks the arrival of their first new album in two decades, ‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We’, via Ipecac Recordings.
New Music – Out Now
Get a first taste of the chaos with a two-song digital single featuring Way of the Exploding Dickhead and Unpopular Parts of a Pig—stream now: mclusky.lnk.to/exploding.
Accompanying the release is a sharp-witted, high-energy video for Way of the Exploding Dickhead, directed by Remy Lamont. Packed with jagged riffs, biting humour, and relentless energy, it proves mclusky is still as ferocious as ever.
Andrew Falkous on Way of the Exploding Dickhead
“With a title shamelessly borrowed from the ZX Spectrum video game The Way of the Exploding Fist and lyrics inspired by the absurdity of surge pricing on concert tickets, the song is a modern parable—minus the parable bit.”
No Asterisks, No Nostalgia—Just mclusky
This is mclusky’s fourth album—no disclaimers necessary. For a while, they carried an asterisk out of respect for past members and the nostalgia-fueled glue that holds teenage music obsessions together. Not anymore.
Lyrically, ‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We’ is as cryptic, irreverent, and brilliantly absurd as ever. Expect songs that are about things without being precisely about them—mclusky insists on this approach.
‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We’ track list
- unpopular parts of a pig
- cops and coppers
- way of the exploding dickhead
- the battle of los angelsea
- people person
- the competent horse thief
- kafka-esque novelist franz kafka
- the digger you deep
- autofocus on the prime directive
- not all steeplejacks
- chekhov’s guns
- juan party-system
- hate the polis
Pre-Order Now
The album is available for pre-order in multiple limited-edition vinyl variants (marbled, 180-gram black, indie-exclusive clear, standard blue), as well as CD and digital formats: mclusky.lnk.to/world.
mclusky 2025 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
Tickets available now: ipecac.com/tours.
A Legacy of Chaos
Formed in Cardiff, Wales, in the late ‘90s, mclusky carved out a cult following with their blend of biting satire, angular guitars, and full-throttle live shows. Their first three albums—‘mclusky Do Dallas’ (2002), ‘The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not on Fire’ (2004), and ‘My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours’ (2000)—cemented their reputation as one of the most vital underground punk bands of their era.
After disbanding in 2005 and reuniting in 2019, mclusky has continued to set stages ablaze, and now, with ‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We,’ they prove they never really left.
mclusky is:
Damien Sayell – Bass, Vocals
Jack Egglestone – Drums, Vocals, Percussion
Andrew Falkous – Guitar, Vocals
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