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WILL STONE is struck by the rage against austerity so eloquently expressed in the work of post-punk pioneers the Sleaford Mods

IS THERE a British band in today’s music industry that definitively reflects the consequences of austerity? Or one that is a direct reaction to 21st-century Toryism?

Makers of the documentary Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain seem to think so.

The post-punk duo from Nottingham, vocalist Jason Williamson and laptopist Andrew Robert Lindsay Fearn, are as distinctive and unique as they come and, as the film’s footage shows, they’re a force of nature live.

  • Sleaford Mods are performing at Field Day, Victoria Park, London on June 11-12, details: fielddayfestivals.com. Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain, is currently touring Britain, details: invisiblebritain.com
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