Mclusky - My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad And Painful Than Yours (2026 Remaster) 180GRM (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 07-August-2026 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

mclusky announce a reissue of their debut album My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours.

Originally released in 2000 on Fuzzbox and re-released by Beggars imprint too pure in 2003, My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours introduced Cardiff band mclusky as an urgent new voice in UK rock music.

Capturing the band at their most immediate and raw, My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours coined mclusky’s blend of serrated guitars, dark humour and Andrew Falkous’ pointed, often absurdist lyricism.

Predating later acclaim for albums such as Mclusky Do Dallas and The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not on Fire, the debut captures the band in a more unfiltered state, volatile and direct. Tracks like “Joy” and “Rice Is Nice” hint at the precision and bite that would follow, while much of the album leans into repetition, tension and release with an almost menacing minimalism.

Now, 26 years on, the album has been remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios and is presented on 180g black vinyl, retaining its original artwork.

My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours remains a crucial document of mclusky’s beginnings. Its influence can be traced across subsequent waves of noise rock and post-hardcore, but its particular mix of wit, hostility and economy remains impossible to replicate.

A1. Joy
A2. Friends Stoning Friends
A3. Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction
A4. Rice Is Nice
A5. Flysmoke
A6. Rock Vs. Single Parents
A7. She Comes In Pieces

B1. (Sometimes) I Have To Concentrate
B2. When They Come Tell Them No
B3. You Are My Sun
B4. Rods On Crutches
B5. Problems Posing As Solutions
B6. Mi-O-Mai
B7. Medium Is The Message
B8. World Cup Drumming