Sleaford Mods Release New Single Megaton In Aid Of War Child
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Nick Waplington
Sleaford Mods have returned with a new single, Megaton.
Arriving via Rough Trade Records, the politically-charged track stays true to the Nottingham duo's gritty, stripped back post-punk style while taking aim at war, social media, and privilege.
It serves as both a rallying cry and a fundraiser, with all profits from the song to be donated to War Child.
In addition to the digital release, a 7" single with Give 'Em What They Want as the b-side will be available on red vinyl from the band and Rough Trade Records' webstore, on blue from indie record shops and on general sale on black wax. Vocalist Jason Williamson said:
"We should be aligned with one another, but instead we are crippled by social media and the resulting separatism.
"Genocide… swipe… gym bods… swipe… food pics… swipe… starvation. Killing upon killing, so much terrible, horrifying information followed by a cat meme followed by faces filtered beyond recognition."
"Such is the weight of trauma, guilt and powerlessness in privileged societies that we squirm like an overloaded petri dish full of algae fed by the algorithm," he continued. "Everything is wrong and everything as a reaction is argued to be right, and in this we give birth to behaviours that smother solidarity and cause mass waves of haemorrhaging alienation while the world quietly collapses offscreen."
The track comes paired with a video directed by Nick Waplington, filmed at Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park.
"When the opportunity came to work with Jason and Andrew, I jumped at the chance," said Waplington. "We have a connection through a shared history in Nottingham, and what began as a photoshoot quickly developed into an idea for a video.
"At a moment in history when our rights to protest, to freely assemble, and to freedom of speech seem under attack, while paradoxically being used in new and novel ways through social media and the internet it felt like the perfect idea to collaborate with the lyrically dexterous Sleaford Mods at one of Britain’s oldest bastions of free expression, Speakers’ Corner. It’s great to see this idea come to fruition. The track is fantastic, and I really think this film does it justice."
Sleaford Mods released their latest album, 'UK Grim', in 2023. A year later, they put out a 10th anniversary expanded edition of their 'Divide and Exit' LP. More recently, in March, they dropped 'Tied Up In The Bodega', a live album recorded at their sold-out hometown show last November.
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