Mclusky

Mclusky

Mclusky, a ragged Welsh trio indebted to both punk and indie rock, first emerged on the scene in 1998. Led by Andrew Falkous (vocals/guitar), the band originally also featured Matthew Harding (drums) and Jonathan Chapple (bass).

Mclusky made their recorded debut in the U.K. with 2000’s My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours (Fuzzbox). They soon signed with Too Pure and teamed up with Steve Albini to produce their sophomore effort. The singles Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues and To Hell with Good Intentions were released before the full-length Mclusky Do Dallas dropped on Too Pure in April 2002.

The album was widely hailed as a major step forward from the charming yet still amateurish My Pain, and appeared on numerous year-end best-of lists on both sides of the Atlantic. Mclusky toured the U.K. festival circuit that summer and continued working on their third full-length.

The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not on Fire arrived in 2004, but the following year the band decided to call it a day. An expanded version of the compilation Mcluskyism was released in early 2006. Falkous and Egglestone later joined members of fellow Welsh band Jarcrew to form Future of the Left.

Mclusky began reuniting from 2015 onward, with Damien Sayell on bass and vocals (first performing as Mclusky*, before returning to the original name). In September 2023, the band released a four-track EP — their first new music in 19 years — entitled unpopular parts of a pig. The title track, as well as the second track the digger you deep, are said to be taken from the band’s forthcoming fourth studio album.