cd1
01. Barcode 03:55
02. Lies 03:22
03. Hit From The Morning Sun 03:32
04. Off The Leash 01:03
05. The Menace 03:22
06. Act Like That 03:24
07. Julian 05:33
08. Better Than Heavy 04:14
09. Better Them Than Us 03:29
10. Alphabet Assassins 05:21
11. All Your Ever Afters 03:46
cd2
01. Guess Whos Coming Home 04:56
02. Gun Dub 03:47
03. Mr 20 04:08
04. Better Than Dub 05:24
05. Mesopotamia 03:24
06. Alphabet Vs Brother Culture 03:42
07. 45681950 04:11
08. Brainwashing 03:26
09. Hit From The Morning Dub 03:20
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Mongrel are a group formed in 2008, by former Arctic
Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson. Alongside Nicholson in the
band are Jon McClure and Joe Moskow, both of Reverend and
the Makers, Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell and Matt
Helders from Arctic Monkeys as well as London rapper
Lowkey from the Poisonous Poets.
Mongrel released their first album Better Than Heavy on
the 7th March 2009, and are due to tour later this year.
The content of their music is political, with the majority
of their songs having lyrics which challenge government
issues. The band have announced they will play a show at
Londons Boston Arms on November 5th, with a four track
digital EP due for release the same day. Released on the
Wall of Sound label, the EP feature debut track The
Menace.
For the album, McClure stated We had Saul Williams come
in and do a thing on it and hopefully M.I.A. is going to
do something and maybe Pete Doherty. Its got a good
flavour... Were really taking a few people to task, kind
of like were Public Enemy or something. In an interview
with The Guardian, McClure also expressed a desire to
record in Venezuela and work with Venezuelan president
Hugo Chavez for the bands second album.
