Sleaford Mods - The Demise Of Planet X (2026)
I wanted this to hit harder than it did. The Demise Of Planet X has all the familiar Sleaford Mods ingredients — the barked delivery, the clipped beats, the endless catalogue of modern British rot — but this time it feels more like maintenance than necessity. Jason’s lines still cut in places, but the shock has dulled; I know the rhythm of the anger before the bar even lands. It’s sharp, sure, but it rarely surprises.
The production does its job without really pushing the frame. The beats are functional, sometimes tense, sometimes skeletal, but they don’t evolve enough to carry the album on their own. The guest appearances add texture, yet they often feel like brief distractions rather than moments that genuinely reshape the songs. Instead of opening new doors, they mostly underline how narrow the core palette remains.
What nags me is the sense of diminishing returns. The rage is justified, the observations are still accurate, but accuracy alone doesn’t sustain momentum. Too many tracks blur together, locked into the same confrontational stance without escalation or release. By the end, I’m nodding along more out of recognition than engagement.
It’s not bad — far from it. There’s craft here, and flashes of bite remind me why this duo mattered in the first place. But this feels like a document of frustration rather than a record that transforms it into something urgent. I don’t leave energized or shaken — just aware, again, of how grim everything already is.
Genre: Synth Punk
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 36th / 44
Highlight: Elitest G.O.A.T.
Made me think of:
IDLES
Fontaines D.C.
The Fall
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