Sleaford Mods have shared the first single, “The Good Life” feat. Gwendolyn Christie and Big Special, off their upcoming album “The Demise Of Planet X” out January 16th via Rough Trade.

TRACKLIST:

1. The Good Life (feat. Gwendoline Christie + Big Special)
2. Double Diamond
3. Elitest G.O.A.T. (feat. Aldous Harding)
4. Megaton
5. No Touch (feat. Sue Tompkins)
6. Bad Santa
7. The Demise Of Planet X
8. Don Draper
9. Gina Was
10. Shoving the Images
11. Flood the Zone (feat. Liam Bailey)
12. Kill List (feat. Snowy)
13. The Unwrap

The video for the song was directed by Ben Wheatley.

Jason Williamson shared this about the song: “’The Good Life’ talks about slagging bands off and the joy and misery that causes me. I’m asking myself why am I slagging bands off? Why is it a continuing thing with me? My inner voices are brought to life by Gwendoline and Big Special, debating that internal tension between me enjoying a good life or submitting to the mayhem.”

Williamson shared this about the album:  “The Demise of Planet X represents a life lived under immense uncertainty, shaped by mass trauma. When we wrote the last album, it was about stagnation, a country that felt like a lifeless corpse. Three years later, that corpse has been split open by war, genocide, and the lingering psychological fallout of Covid whilst social media has mutated into a grotesque, twisted form of digital engineering. It feels like we’re living among the ruins. A multi-layered abomination etched into our collective psyche. I don’t want to pat myself on the back while the rest of the world falls to shit, but we’re really happy with “The Demise of Planet X”. The music and ideas are fresh and it’s in your face, but it pays to put your glasses on to look at the ingredients.”