Austerity Dogs

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When I say culture, I don't mean something that can be packaged up and sold back at people so they accept their own inferiority. Just after the release of 'Wank' the duo were invited to play a three day festival curated by Nottingham's Rammel Club. You can argue that the one-dimensional approach to the production with the lack of any dynamics after 25 minutes could be the reason for these tracks falling flat, but they are certainly not as catchy and powerful as the earlier tracks.

It should be on the school curriculum, and then maybe all those young kids that watch all that pish on TV (X-Factor) etc might then realise that there is real music out there and not just ear rotting, soul destroying drivel that they are force fed, beg steal of borrow this album and get listening! With the DJ in mind, optimum sonic integrity has been maintained by removing the CD version's beatless opening and closing tracks, and the remaining 11 tunes have been re-sequenced and re-cut to allow those 4 that have until now not appeared on vinyl to be presented in newly-mastered 12-inch-standard audio across the first 2 sides ('Wounder', 'U Hurt Me', 'Spaceape' and 'Prayer').

A turbulent brew with just as much 60s garage rock bite, head-spinning psychedelia and '1991-The-Year-That-Punk-Broke' grit to offer as Vinum Sabbathi riffage. This track only has two different notes played on the bass guitar with a drum loop, but it is easily one of the catchiest and effective tracks you will hear.

Austerity Dogs’ is a dark, rough and ferocious album with a very comical side, looking at the state of Britain from the working class perspective at almost disbelief. Sleaford Mods is an English music duo based in Nottingham, composed of vocalist Jason Williamson and musician Andrew Robert Lindsay Fearn (since 2012). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Review Summary: Austerity Dogs is a strong, ferocious debut by the post-punk/hip-hop duo from Nottingham, UK, with plenty to shout and argue about in working class Britain.