Sleaford Mods have released two previously unheard tracks, “Git Some Balls” and “Air Con” (a reworking of the track Air Conditioning) ahead of the 10th anniversary edition of their album Divide and Exit. “Git Some Balls” was written and recorded by Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson during the sessions for the album, but is only being made available now for the first time via streaming services, while it will also feature on a one-off flexi-disc which will come only with limited edition copies of the reissue.

“Git Some Balls was one of those studio floor clippings that we didn’t feel quite hit the mark at the time, but today sounds great,” admits Williamson of the track. We knew what we wanted for the album, and we didn’t feel this was quite right for Divide and Exit. What’s weird is that the rejects always sound wicked when you revisit them, as good as the stuff that got through to form the album which says a lot about the way we work and where our heads were at the time. There wasn’t anyone in the country doing what we were doing at that point, it feels like it was 30 years ago, but it’s only been 10. Mad as fuck.”

Originally released in May 2014, not only did Fearn and Williamson’s second ‘proper’ album (or sixth if you go back through the early CD-R efforts), capture the ‘death by a million vested interests’ malaise that was engulfing British society as contaminative politics oozed its core, but its union of strong words and minimal electronics saw a fresh voice articulated a much-needed rage, anger, hurt and hope.

“Where our previous album Austerity Dogs barked a directionless yet solid form of anger, Divide and Exit then carried this basic form of class consciousness,” says Williamson of the vision behind the record, both musically and lyrically. 
 
“After the release of Austerity Dogs we realised we had seemingly created a formula,” he adds. “Andrew just took the formula and ran with it and his music started to sound much more compact and urgent. Listening to it now, Divide and Exit is perhaps the most punk record we have done,” 

A CD version of the album featuring the Cold War Steve artwork will be available exclusively from Sleaford Mods and Rough Trade Records online shops, while the new cover will feature on a one-off t-shirt. Also available from the band’s web store, the t-shirt continues Sleaford Mods ongoing collaboration with War Child UK with all proceeds from its sale going to the charity.

Sleaford Mods
Divide and Exit
Track Listing

01) Air Conditioning
02) Tied Up in Nottz
03) A Little Ditty
04) You’re Brave
05) Strike Force
06) The Corgi
07) From Rags to Richards
08) Livable Shit
09) Under the Plastic and N.C.T.
10) Tiswas
11) Keep Out of It
12) Smithy
13) Middle Men
14) Tweet Tweet Tweet
 
Sleaford Mods 2024 Tour Dates
 
19 November – Sheffield – The Leadmill
20 November – Edinburgh – La Belle Angèle
21 November – Newcastle upon Tyne – University of Northumbria
23 November – Liverpool – The Florrie
26 November – Lincoln – The Drill
28 November – Exeter – The Lemon Grove
29 November – Portsmouth – The Wedgewood Rooms
30 November – Nottingham – Bodega

order “Git Some Balls” and “Air Con” (a reworking of the track Air Conditioning) HERE