Ironically, Slavoj Žižek has argued that the future of the left actually involves embracing violence again

So sayeth Mike from his cubicle next to mine, anyway. But, I mean, he says stuff like that all the time and when has it ever been rel­e­vant to any­thing? Never.

Aca­d­e­mics…

This time, though… this time it might actu­ally be some­what rel­e­vant. I mean, I can’t exactly pic­ture the guys from McLusky plop­ping down in an arm­chair on a lazy Sat­urday after­noon to catch up on their Žižek, but (one of) their new band(s) is called Future of the Left, and they do talk about how “vio­lence solved every­thing.” Coin­ci­dence? Well, probably.

The first single from the McLusky spinoff band that isn’t called Shooting at Unarmed Men is out on Too Pure Records (former home of McLusky, as you may recall) and it’s called “Fin­gers Become Thumbs/The Lord Hates a Coward.” The band fea­tures McLusky singer Andy Falkous, McLusky drummer Jack Eggle­stone and Kelson Mathias from supposedly-somewhat-similar-to-McLusky-and-also-Welsh band Jar­crew (I haven’t heard them–anyone want to fill me in?). The result? Well, it sounds pretty much like McLusky–maybe a little slower and a little crunchier, but def­i­nitely with the same sar­castic snarl and the same speaker-busting growl.

Of the three new songs (the other being “The Fibre Provider”), “The Lord Hates a Coward” is my favorite, but all three are strong and bespeak great things for the upcoming (Spring is the word) full-length. You can pre­view four more songs at their myspace page (link below!). Need­less to say, I’m fucking psyched.

Down­load: “The Lord Hates a Coward”

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