Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods are Britain’s angriest band, their sweary rants a brutal stream of working-class disaffection. And at 44, singer Jason Williamson makes an unlikely pop star…
It’s just seven months since Jason Williamson gave up his day job as a benefits adviser in Nottingham. “It’s great that I don’t have to work now,” he says, “but I did go through a period of feeling really guilty about it. I missed having the routine – clocking on and off, going out in the morning with your coffee in your hand, getting the bus to work. When I left in November, I was directionless for about two months.”
Now, with Sleaford Mods about to release their third album proper, Key Markets, his renewed sense of purpose is undercut with a palpable anxiety that even his infamous attitude cannot entirely disguise. “I’m a bit nervous about it, to be honest,” he admits, over lunch in a city centre cafe in Nottingham, his home town. “I really fucking hope it takes off. Now that I’ve gone full time, it feels like there’s a lot more at stake suddenly.”
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