“The Demise Of Planet X” represents a life lived under immense uncertainty, shaped by mass trauma,” declares frontman Jason Williamson. “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,” Says Jason Williamson.

He adds: “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 really fresh and it’s in your face, but it pays to put your glasses on to look at the ingredients.” First single, the aforementioned ‘The Good Life’, captures this mix of public and personal apocalypse, as Andrew Fearn’s urgent beats and enticing melodies combine with Williamson’s machine gun diction to chart the impact of some of the Sleaford Mods’ frontman’s more infamous comments on the current music scene. Big Special and Gwendoline Christie give voice to his conflicted and tormented inner voices mopping up the fallout his outburst cause.

“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,” explains Williamson. The track’s video, available to watch now via the band’s YouTube channel, brings these voices together in the flesh under Ben Wheatley’s charismatic direction.

“It’s brilliant to be working with Andrew and Jason again on a Mods promo, this time teaming up with the amazing Gwendoline Christie and Big Special,” declares British director who was previously responsible for Sleaford Mods’ “Mork n Mindy” video. “I’m a long-time fan so it’s always exciting to get the call to come out to play.”

Sleaford Mods
The Demise Of Planet X
Tracklisting
Rough Trade Records

The Good Life feat. Gwendoline Christie + Big Special
Double Diamond
Elitest G.O.A.T. feat. Aldous Harding
Megaton
No Touch feat. Sue Tompkins
Bad Santa
The Demise Of Planet X
Don Draper
Gina Was
Shoving the Images
Flood the Zone feat. Liam Bailey
Kill List feat. Snowy
The Unwrap

Sleaford Mods 2026 Tour Dates February/March 2026

2/6 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
2/7 Manchester Academy
2/12 Leeds O2 Academy
2/13 Liverpool O2 Academy,
2/14 Cardiff Great Hall
2/19 Dublin 3Olympia Theatre
2/20 Belfast Limelight
2/21 Cork Cyprus Avenue
2/26 Oxford O2 Academy
2/27 Nottingham Rock City
2/28 Nottingham Rock City
3/5 Bristol Beacon
3/6 Brighton Dome
3/7 London O2 Academy Brixton

pre-order The Demise Of Planet X by Sleaford Mods HERE