mclusky play Brighton at Chalk on Friday 28th November! Get tickets from Seetickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/mclusky/chalk/3423818mclusky are a band who were a band, weren’t a band, then are a band again. they formed in the late nineties and unformed, for the first time, in 2005, after three albums, opinions of which can be found on the internet.
the path to re-becoming a band started in 2014, with the band playing sporadic shows to raise money for a local venue threatened with closure and after some misadventures, which can be put down to life in its most wonderful forms, in 2025 they will release their first record in twenty years, ‘the world is still here and so are we’, on ipecac recordings.
the band has always been numbered three, but now in its definitive form, being jack egglestone, damien sayell and andy falkous, a lineup who have toured the (mostly english-speaking) world for the last six years to so many people that, at times, they can be referred to as a ‘crowd’. nobody has a problem with the live show (apart from maybe the intro music) and if they do, they’re not saying anything. the record, the title of which is either a joke ora deathly serious meditation on hope in a time of hopelessness, is 34 minutes long and is the result of writing much more music than that. the band say that they found it difficult to get the tone of the record -of where and how it needed to exist in time -at first but then it was easy. fun is the word they use. they mean it. they also say -it was important not to cos-play the past but also not to flubbity-flub over everything like a gang of big stupid flubs. and yes, you can quote them/me on that.
it’s important to state that ‘the world is still here and so are we’ is the fourth mclusky album (no qualification being needed). they had an asterisk next to the name for a bit -out of respect for past band members and the precious memorial glue of teenage musical crushes -but fuck that, in for a penny, in for a pound. lyrically it touches on subjects as rich and as varied as work-it-out-yourself and impenetrable-inside-joke-for-the-band, but one thing is clear, all of the songs have different words. all hilarious joking aside, the best songs are about things without being precisely about them. mclusky endorse this sentiment. they positively insist on it.
Plus support.
Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
30052025 – MJ Lenderman. Chalk
01062025 – Shonen Knife. Concorde 2
04062025 – Van Zon + Glasshouse Red Spider Mite. Alphabet
05062025 – Steve Conte. The Prince Albert
06062025 – Willi Carlisle. Alphabet
13062025 – Eva Lunny. The Rose Hill
13062025 – Lower Slaughter. The Hope & Ruin
13062025 – Niamh Regan. Folklore
08072025 – Battlesnake + DZ Deathrays. Chalk
11072025 – Cheekface + Martha. Chalk
01082025 – Chris Cohen. Green Door Store
27082025 – The Burning Hell. Komedia
01092025 – Ducks Ltd. Dust
06092025 – Throwing Muses. Chalk
19092025 – Nic Cage Against The Machine. Patterns
19092025 – Bridhde Chaimbeul. Komedia
20092025 – Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan. Dust
27092025 – The Beths, Chalk
28092025 – Chris Wood. Lewes Con Club
30092025 – The Wants. Green Door Store
08102025 – Martha Tilston. Komedia
11102025 – Jah Wobble & The Invaders of the Heart. Lewes Con Club
12102025 – Martin Carthy. Lewes Con Club
13102025 – Welly. Chalk
17102025 – The Utopia Strong. Hope & Ruin
26102025 – The Lovely Eggs. Brighton
29102025 – Mumble Tide. The Prince Albert
31102025 – Lack of Afro. Patterns
05112025 – CIEL. Patterns
09112025 – Lonnie Holley. Lewes Constitutional Club
13112025 – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Concorde 2
14112025 – Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip. Lewes Constitutional Club
15112025 – Stick in the Wheel. Lewes Constitutional Club
15112025 – Niall McNamee. Alphabet
28112025 – Ozric Tentacles + System 7. Concorde 2
06122025 – Chainska Brassika. Alphabet
13122025 – John Otway & his band. Lewes Constitutional Club
Accessibility:
Fully accessible venue, disabled toilet at the back. Ask bar for assistance. Entrance for wheelchairs at the back of the venue. Toilets gender neutral on some nights. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at [email protected] for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. Wheelchair area, and sofa at the side for seating, but depending on how many people are in it may affect the viewing.
Event Venue
Chalk Venue Brighton, 13 Pool Valley,Brighton, United Kingdom
Tickets
