Mushy Play announce tenth anniversary reissue of traditional debut ‘Are You Glad?’

Mushy Play have introduced a reissue of their traditional debut ‘Are You Glad?’, celebrating a decade for the reason that authentic launch. Discover out extra beneath.

The album was first shared by Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent beneath their authentic ‘Slaves’ band title again in 2015, and the visceral underground punk sound helped put them on the map. The album debuted within the High 10 and secured each a Gold certification and a Mercury Prize nod.

Now, 10 years after its authentic launch, the band can be reissuing the file on August 29 2025. Visit here to pre-order.

It can characteristic the identical authentic tracklist, which incorporates dwell staples like ‘The Hunter’, ‘Sockets’ and ‘Cheer Up London’, in addition to ‘Hey’ – which the band carried out throughout their debut on Later… With Jools Holland.

Additionally within the reissue is a collection of b-sides from the period, in addition to a demo of ‘Difficult’ and their cowl of Skepta’s ‘Shutdown’, which they performed as a part of their time on the BBC Radio 1 Dwell Lounge. Tracks from their ‘Sugar Coated Bitter Fact’ EP are included too.

The tenth anniversary version will mark the primary time the gathering has been launched in a bodily format, and can be accomplished with up to date cowl artwork that includes the Mushy Play emblem and a collection of archive images.

Vincent stated: “10 years since we launched our debut album. ‘Are you glad?’ took us locations we by no means dreamed had been reachable and it was the muse our profession was constructed upon. It solely feels proper to reissue it with our new improved title.”

When it was first shared, ‘Are You Glad?’ was given a four-star assessment from NME and described as a file that noticed the duo seem “larger-than-life”. “They’ve used their major-label debut to rally the troops reasonably than simply jeer at them from the sidelines,” the assessment learn. “Each track here’s a name to arms or an affirmative flip of the desk.”

The members would then converse to NME later that yr about how they hoped their music would come as a get up name for these feeling disillusioned and unmotivated.

“What we discovered after we began this band is that we’d made our goals come true,” Vincent stated. “I want there was extra inspiration, so many individuals say ‘I don’t know what to do’ or ‘I can’t do that’, however any person has to do it. In our era, there’s plenty of negativity in direction of folks being artistic. After I was rising up nobody ever stated ‘You are able to do it’. Our band says you may.”

The album was adopted by two different High 10 albums, 2016’s ‘Take Management’ and 2018’s ‘Acts of Concern and Love’. The band would change their title to Mushy Play in 2022 and went on to share their newest album, ‘Heavy Jelly’ in 2024.

Earlier that yr, Mushy Play spoke to NME about their title change, and revealed that the choice to retire the Slaves moniker was partly impressed by a dialog they’d with Bob Vylan because of the perceived racial insensitivity of the title.

“He principally stated we had been one in all his favorite bands however he wouldn’t put on our merch,” defined Holman, and Vincent added: “If he felt uncomfortable about liking us, there should be others who really feel the identical means.”

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Since then, the band have spoken to NME once more and advised us concerning the collaboration with Kate Nash, ‘Slushy’ – which was shared as a part of the ‘Heavy Jelly’ expanded version.

Discussing the similarities between themselves and Nash, Holman stated: “It’s similar to, say what you see. I at all times say to folks after they’re combating author’s block, ‘You don’t should have one thing wonderful to put in writing about. Simply write about what’s in entrance of you’.”

For the rest of 2025, Mushy Play can be on the highway, enjoying numerous European festivals over the summer time, embarking on a North American headline tour, and enjoying assist slots for the likes of IDLES, Slipknot, The Libertines, Cage The Elephant and extra. Visit here for tickets and extra data.