Photo credit: Damien Sayell
mclusky’s i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley vinyl out now via ipecac recordings
six-song collection features four new songs and two previously digital-only tracks
Mclusky’s mini album, I Sure Am Getting Sick of This Bowling Alley, is out now on vinyl via Ipecac Recordings.
the six-song release features four new tracks as well as two songs previously available digitally only, with the vinyl available on standard black, a rough trade exclusive fuchsia variant with an autographed poster, and an ipecac webstore red vinyl (available now via bandcamp for bandcamp friday). all variants can be found online.
revisit the remy lamont-directed video for “as a dad” below:
mclusky’s “people person,” from the band’s 2025 album, the world is still here and so are we, is featured in the recently released film “peaky blinder: the immortal man.”
the world is still here and so are we debuted in the top 20 on the rock, alternative, and independent sales charts. the guardian called their music “as taut as a stretched elastic band”, while the line of best fit said that it “not only justifies its existence but also adds something vital to the band’s legacy”. the quietus summarised, “playful, scathing and explosive, mclusky are officially back in business, and business is good.”
falco: “content. it drives the modern music world. photos. opinions. more photos. more opinions (please note – not all photo and are options are bad, just 99 percent of them). how about – and indulge me here – music? that content-y enough for you? fact is we can’t stop writing, at least at the moment. it’s fun (that’s all it needs to be). it’s the common denominator of band. only death will slow us down (note – it won’t stop us).
‘i know computer’ and ‘as a dad’ are new and are singles (they may make the next album, who can say, it’s already half-recorded and you will like it). damien probably likes ‘I am computer’ a bit too much but that’s okay, the heart wants what the heart wants.
‘spock culture’ and ‘hi! we’re on strike’ were recorded during the the world is still here… why didn’t they make the album? I’m not sure. lyrically they are important historical documents. up there with the ‘pusheen the cat’ books and/or the u.s. constitution.
‘fan learning difficulties’ and ‘that was my brain on elves’ have only had a digital release before and are, to quote british children from forty years ago, ‘skill.’ hopefully you can agree that i, and by osmosis, all of us – have read a lot of books.”
mclusky live in 2026:
31/08 – de, dusseldorf, zakk club
02/09 – dk, copenhagen, vega
03/09 – se, stockholm, hus 7
04/09 – se, gothenburg, monument 031
05/09 – no, oslo, gsf: gamlebyen skatepark offlane fest
07/09 – dk, aarhus, voxhall
08/09 – de, bremen, lagerhaus
09/09 – be, liege, reflektor
all tickets available via ipecac.com/tours.
the quietus “masters of their genre”
classic rock 8/10 “albini-esque repetitive slab-riffs and barked, distorted, hectoring vocal blurts.”
record collector ★★★★ “it could be pop music after all.”
narc ★★★★ 1/2 “more taut, more vitriolic and more focused.”
the sleeping shaman “predictably marvellous”
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