The Pop Corporation

So. Sleaford Mods, eh? They have found themselves in a situation. You’ve already read about it elsewhere. You have probably seen their updated stance on The Whole Thing, right?

What to think?

Well, a lot of the punks are really unhappy with them and expected them to have more spin. The centrists dads totally get it and are wringing their hands not knowing what to say for fear of offending someone. The meme makers have their pencils sharpened, or whatever tools they use.

The thing is, it’s perfectly reasonable to completely take this piss out of a band. Sleaford Mods are piss-takers so they’re hardly likely to take umbrage with that. And they’re a political band whether they like it or not, and they’ve said as much in the past, so any mealy mouthed refusal to ‘take a side’ is always going to land them in hot water. They’ve probably said it about other people in the past, haven’t they? They probably get it, even if they’re trying to ignore everyone yelling at them currently.

Will they lose fans? Maybe. Probably not enough for it to make a dent in their ticket sales. Will more people throw flags on their stage? You wouldn’t bet against it would you? It’s not like what’s happening with Israel is going to go away any time soon is it? No-one is dampening the flame of opinion on that, and quite rightly.

People are fucked off and Sleaford Mods are a band also fucked off and channelling a lot of people’s fucked-offness, so y’know, it’s gonna happen.

They’ve basically said ‘Argh! There’s loads of war going on and all the killing needs to stop!’ which is obviously not a terrible thing to say, but maybe, just maybe, the worst thing about their take on it all currently is the worst crime of all.

It all sounds a bit like the worst caricature of hippies, doesn’t it?