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Brand new Mclusky

Posted by Loren on February 15, 2025

Brand new Mclusky
photo by Damien Sayell

It took 20 years, but mclusky is band in action -- not just live, but with a new studio album called the word is still here and so are we, out May 9 on Ipecac. There are 13 brand new songs on the LP, two of which debuted this week. It is the fourth album from the group overall, most recently releasing the difference between me and you is that I’m not on fire in 2004.

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

tickets for all shows are on-sale now with links available via ipecac.com/tours.


the world is still here and so are we album cover

the world is still here and so are we tracklisting:

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

Brand new Mclusky
photo by Damien Sayell

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