You Voted For 'Em, Look At You, You Dirty Rat

Orbital and Sleaford Mods have collaborated on a new single Dirty Rat, a precursor to Orbital's new album, Optical Delusion, in February 2023. 

 

A big, dirty bassline, reminiscent of Leftfield's Phat Planet and Jason Williamson's opening lines, 

 

"People talk about the right way to live. 

Shut up, you don't know what you're on about! 

You voted for ' em, look at you, you dirty rat!"

 

...launching into a perfect - and perfectly timed - meld of beats and polemic. Even the briefest look at the news seems to offer up fresh examples of why this song is right on the nose.

Of course, Orbital and Sleaford Mods have previous, the Hartnoll brothers remixing the Mods' I Don't Rate You just over a year ago.

Orbital have been around over thirty years, Sleaford Mods ten, both still painfully, urgently needed today.