Mekons have handed last year’s terrific HORROR over to Pere Ubu‘s Tony Maimone, who also played in Mekons in the early ’90s, for a full album remix titled HORRORble (Mekons Vs. Tony Maimone In Dub Conference). It’s out June 5 via Fire.
The band say, “While mixing and editing the batch of tunes that became HORROR, we had a feeling they might have some sort of secret double life. So much potential, so many layers and forks in the road, so many split decisions that could’ve gone either way. Tony was the man to get his tools out and see what lurked beneath the hood and make it truly HORRORble.”
The first single from HORRORble is “Mudcrawlers ft. Benji Webbe” and Mekons say, “Benji Webbe the lead singer of UK Dancehall Metal legends Skindred is a resident of Pill, a village down by the docks in Newport, South Wales. ‘Mudcrawlers’ tells the story of Irish economic refugees crossing the sea to the mouth of the river Usk as ballast in the holds of cargo ships. Dumped on the steep muddy banks in the dead of night many died trying to crawl to safety.” Listen below.
Mekons will be in the US this summer to play Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and before that will be touring, including shows in Chicago, Baltimore, Philly, NYC (Mercury Lounge on June 6, with early and late shows), A few of those shows are with The Sadies, and all dates are listed below.
HORRORble
(mekons Vs. Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)
1. Before The Ice Age (Version)
2. Sad and Sad and Sad (Version)
3. War Economy (Version)
4. A Horse Has Escaped (Version)
5. The Western Design (Version)
6. Glasgow (Version)
7. You’re Not Singing Anymore (Version)
8. Private Defense Contractor (Version)
9. Sanctuary (Version)
10. Surrender (Version)
11. Mudcrawlers Ft. Benjo Webbe (Version)
12. Fallen leaves (Version)
13. Dub Crawlers (Version) (Bonus track)
Mekons – 2026 North American Tour Dates
5/30: Hideout, Chicago, IL
5/31: Space, Evanston, IL
6/02: Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
6/03: Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland, OH
6/04: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
6/05: Latvian Society, Philadelphia, PA
6/06: Mercury Lounge, New York, NY (Two Sets)
6/07: Old Franklin Schoolhouse, Metuchen, NJ (Two Sets)
6/09: Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY (w/ The Sadies)
6/10: Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
6/11: SPACE, Portland, ME
6/12: Sinclair, Cambridge, MA (w/ The Sadies)
6/13 Swamp Stomp, West Kingston, RI (w/ The Sadies)
6/26-28 Solid Sound, North Adams, MA
Europe:
10/16/17/18 @ Mekonville Festival, Portmeirion, Wales UK
*Additional shows to be added