Key Markets

AlbumJul 24 / 201512 songs, 39m 27s
Post-Punk Art Punk
Popular
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The title of *Key Markets—*something between Sleaford Mods' third album and their ninth, depending on how you count—refers to a '70s-era supermarket, but it's also a canny reference to the way the post-punk duo's been clawing its way up in the British music scene.

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Having an opinion is what it's all about. Sleaford Mods have got loads.

The acclaim for Sleaford Mods' work grew nearly as quickly as their body of work: Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn recorded Key Markets around the time that Divide and Exit and Chubbed Up began appearing on "Best of 2014" lists.

Jason Williamson of Seaford Mods is a lyrical clusterbomb, full of bon mots – often expletives – and prescient observations deployed at dizzying speed.

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Music Review: Sleaford Mods - Key Markets

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The Nottingham duo’s third cracker of an album in as many years targets everyone from Blur to bad dope, but this time there’s more humour on show

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Despite sounding like the work of a teenager, the forty-something East Midlands duo's eighth album is bracingly potent, says Neil McCormick

East Midlands’ duo take a fiery stand against Austerity Britain. CD new music review by Guy Oddy

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