Sleaford Mods release Demise Of Planet X (Deluxe) featuring demos and unreleased tracks

Nine unreleased tracks arrive today, including new single Cato featuring Sue Tompkins of Life Without Buildings, with a video directed by Tompkins

New 2027 US dates to follow a European tour this autumn

Sleaford Mods are releasing an expanded version of their acclaimed recent album, The Demise Of Planet X digitally today (15 October), sharing nine previously unheard tracks.

A video for lead single “Cato”, a collaboration with Life Without Buildings front woman and acclaimed visual artist Sue Tompkins, is also out today.

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The songs are available via streaming services ahead of the band’s European tour this autumn. In addition, Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson are announcing a series of new shows in the US next spring. See below for the full dates.

Reaching the UK Top Ten on release at the start of 2026, The Demise Of Planet X saw Sleaford Mods collaborate with the likes of Aldous Harding, Big Special, actress Gwendoline Christie, rapper Snowy, soul singer Liam Bailey and Life Without Building’s Tompkins as they produced one of their most ambitious records to date, undeniably one of the albums of the year.

“When Andrew and I get together to work on an album, it’s not unheard of for us to produce a decent batch of tracks during each session because we have a creative understanding that allows us to move quickly,” explains Jason Williamson. “That was definitely the case for Planet X, although it took a while, and a few different avenues, to find the idea and aesthetic we wanted to explore across the album. That’s how we ended up with loads of demos that are good and virtually finished, that we didn’t take forward for the record. They give you a good idea of the process behind the album, though they all possess something in their own right too. In a way, everything we do is a demo; there’s that scratchy, raw feel to our music so it’s great to share these extra Sleaford Mods songs rather than leave them gathering dust on the shelf.”

Demise Of Planet X (Demos) Tracklist

The Good Life (Alt Version) – (Feat. Big Special)

Give Em What They Want

Cato – (Feat. Sue Tompkins)

How What

Cheap Cheap Shit

There We Are Then

Armageddon’s Wi Me Now

The Return Of The Bin White Dukes

Dr Who?

WATCH THE CATO VIDEO

“Cato” is released today with a video, a further collaboration with Sue Tompkins, who also featured on previous single “No Touch”. Made just after the album was largely completed, it did not quite fit with the rest of Planet X but nonetheless demonstrates the creative rapport the pair have built with the Life Without Buildings singer, leading Williamson to declare: “she could join the band.”

“It was so brilliant to be asked to do another song with Jason and Andrew. We recorded it about a month after doing “No Touch” in Bristol, and this time we recorded in Nottingham,” explains Tompkins. “I thought the song was very catchy – and throbby! It’s got a pace and a relentlessness about it, and singing opposite Jason almost feels like a duet. He sings, then I sing. It goes back and forth, all the while with Andrew’s throbby music underneath. The panic of Cato about to spring out!”

The track is accompanied by a video directed by Tompkins.

“When I first heard “Cato”, I had this vivid thought of the character Cato from the Inspector Clouseau films, about to jump out and play fight, or really fight, and wrestle with Peter Sellers,” she says of her inspiration. “I used to love those films when I was younger! Cato lying in wait for Clouseau in his flat, I loved those bits. I think the song has that sense of anticipation and chaos and playfulness and silliness in it somewhere, so I wanted the video to have that too. A relentless, vivid, colourful, threat that keeps coming back around. Help! ‘C-c-c-cato! He’s always waiting for you…’”

TOUR DATES

European Tour 2026

15 Oct 2026 – Brussels – Théâtre National

16 Oct 2026 – Luxembourg – Rockhal

25 Oct 2026 – Lausanne – Les Docks

28 Oct 2026 – Helsinki – House of Culture

30 Oct 2026 – Vilnius – Kablys

1 Nov 2026 – Warsaw – Stodola

3 Nov 2026 – Vienna – Arena

4 Nov 2026 – Ljubljana – Kino Siska

6 Nov 2026 – Istanbul – MIX Festival

7 Nov 2026 – Athens – Floyd