Mclusky are great.

Funny, rude, giving less of fuck than, like, any band ever; hail from Cardiff, visceral, loud, squealing guitars, ample screaming, bucket-loads of excellently unnecessary swearing and with lyrics like "i'm fearful i'm fearful i'm fearful of flying and flying is fearful of me", and "my love is bigger than your love, (he means cock...) we take more drugs than a touring funk band," how could anyone who knows anything about anything fail to love them? Eh? Exactly.

In jokes galore yes, lefty haters yes, inevitable comparisons to Pixies and Nirvana due to dry wit, ferocious delivery and bombastic sound and noise levels yes, but fuck it. A brilliant band that sound a bit like other bands is much better than some wacky toss that just sounds bad: Mystery Jets for example...

They have split up mind, so splinter project Shooting At Unarmed Men is the closest you can get to a live show, but 'Mclusky Do Dallas', 'Mypainandsadnessismorepainfulandmoresadthanyours' and the recent double CD Best Of 'Mcluskyism' couldn't fail to improve a record collection.

Releases

• Mcluskyism - album, out 27/02/2006 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• She Will Only Bring You Happiness - single, out 13/09/2004 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not On Fire - album, out 17/05/2004 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• Undress For Success - single, out 25/08/2003 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours - album, out 27/01/2003 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad And Painful Than Yours - album, out 13/01/2003 on Too Pure. (post review)
• Alan Is A Cowboy Killer - single, out 09/09/2002 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)
• Alan is a Cowboy Killer - ep, out 09/09/2002 on Too Pure. (post review)
• To Hell With Good Intentions - single, out 11/03/2002 on Too Pure. (post review)
• Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues - single, out 12/11/2001 on Too Pure. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Fri 06 Aug at Cardiff Coopers Field. 1 review (read/post)
• Mon 02 Feb at London Camden Barfly. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 14 Dec at London Highbury Garage. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 13 Apr at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 06/07/2007: Truckfest: THiS WEEKEND!
• 18/12/2006: Rock Me, Amadeus! Falco's Future of the Left get busy in January
• 19/06/2006: Andy Falkous ponders Future, decides the Left is where it's at
• 14/02/2006: Drowned in Sound Radio No. 4
• 31/01/2006: Mclusky do best of
• 10/01/2005: Mclusky split
• 17/03/2004: Million Dead and Milo's April Punk Rock Racket
• 22/01/2004: Mclusky Hit The Road
• 07/07/2003: Mat ex-Mclusky joins Transposer
• 22/06/2003: Mclusky Mini-Tour Joy

Features

• 25/01/2007: DiScover: Future Of The Left
• 25/01/2005: The Rise And Fall Of The Scene With No Name
• 18/11/2003: Seriously Groovy: Supporting The Scene For Nearly A Decade!
• 31/08/2003: Mclusky: Hippies Everywhere
• 08/01/2003: The ‘Official’ Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albums of 2002
• 27/11/2002: DiS Gig Round-up: December '02
• 10/09/2002: D-Frag 22: Shake from the Hips (London Gigs Previewed)

Links

• mclusky - official site (moved from defunct .com address)

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