Mclusky officially announce first album in 21 years, share “Way of the Exploding Dickhead”

Welsh noisy post-hardcore vets Mclusky have officially announced their anticipated new album, The World Is Still Here and So Are We, their first LP in 21 years. It comes out May 9 via Ipecac (pre-order), and the announcement comes with new song and video “Way of the Exploding Dickhead,” which vocalist/guitarist Andrew Falkous says this about:

with a title modeled on/ripped off a formative video game (‘the way of the exploding fist’ on the zx spectrum), and lyrics inspired by the huge excitement caused by the surge pricing on tickets to see a band play well in the distance, ‘way of the exploding dickhead’ is a modern parable, without the parable bit.

The song finds Mclusky sounding as caustic and sarcastic as ever, and the video adds even more cheeky energy. Check it out below. The World Is Still Here and So Are We also includes “Unpopular Parts of a Pig” and “The Digger You Deep” from their 2023 Bandcamp double single, and the official album version of “Unpopular Parts of a Pig” is streaming now too. Check

Tracklist
1. unpopular parts of a pig
2. cops and coppers
3. way of the exploding dickhead
4. the battle of los angelsea
5. people person
6. the competent horse thief
7. kafka-esque novelist franz kafka
8. the digger you deep
9. autofocus on the prime directive
10. not all steeplejacks
11. chekhov’s guns
12. juan party-system
13. hate the polis

Mclusky — 2025 Tour Dates
May 8 – Wrexham, UK – The Rockin’ Chair
May 18 – Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Botaniques (w/The Jesus Lizard)
May 23 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
May 24 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
May 29 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
May 31 – Bristol, UK – SWX