A CERTAIN RATIO – Christmasville UK EP
MANCHESTER THREE-PIECE ANNOUNCE NEW EP – OUT 11 DECEMBER 2024
LAUNCHING TODAY WITH THE BAND’S FIRST CHRISTMAS TRACK, ‘Now and Laughter’.
A CERTAIN RATIO – Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson – have announced details of a brand new four-track EP, Christmasville UK, out on 11 December 2024 via Mute. The EP will be available on 12” in a limited edition of 500 copies pressed on transparent orange vinyl.
The EP is heralded today with ACR’s first ever Christmas track, ‘ Now and Laughter ’, which embodies all of the hope and goodwill of the season. Originally demoed during the It All Comes Down to This album sessions, in true ACR recycling style the guitar chords are based on the chords from ‘The Big E’ / ‘Won’t Stop Loving You’, while the lyrics acknowledge the unsung heroes that are on hand when the pressures of the festivities can become too much to bear.
With yuletide spirit, the band have invited some of the extended ACR family to join the celebrations and rework tracks from their 2024 album, It All Comes Down to This. Jane Weaver (labelmate when they were both on much-missed Rob Gretton’s label back in the ‘90s) has remixed ‘ Where You Coming From ’, and long-time friend and collaborator Emperor Machine (aka Andy Meecham) has given ‘ Out From Under ’ an extended rework.
Some newer friends have been invited into the fold, too. London-based Jezebell, who the band heard when they were on tour in Germany, bring the Electo Balearic party spirit to ‘ We All Need ’ to complete the EP.
This new EP is yet another unexpected turn in their expansive catalogue – “ACR does Christmas! Who’d have thunk it?”, exclaim the band, “We are big Slade fans though…”
RECENT PRAISE FOR A CERTAIN RATIO’S IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS ALBUM
“Manchester legend’s whipsmart masterclass in live-to-tape punk-funk” – MOJO
“Former Factory workers still finding fresh flavours of modernist funk-punk” – Uncut
“…rediscovered by successive younger generations has helped propel a career Indian summer: their recent music has channeled their early adventurousness and sounded contemporary enough to land on the 6 Music playlist.” – The Guardian
“An album of earworms” – Blitzed
“The album thrives in its dark nostalgic tonality. ‘We All Need’ and ‘God Knows’ similarly echo a yearning for a world devoid of socio-political oppression.” – The Quietus
FURTHER PRAISE FOR A CERTAIN RATIO
“ACR unquestionably rule” – MOJO
“…pioneering groove alchemists” – THE QUIETUS
“… mould-breakers” – MOJO
“… pioneering…” – ELECTRONIC SOUND
A Certain Ratio + Mute = Good Together
