Chemikal Underground Records

Chemikal Shop
Product Type
Featured
Merch
Artist
Admiral Fallow
Adrian Crowley
Aereogramme
Aidan Moffat
Aloha Hawaii
Alun Woodward // Lord Cut Glass
Angil + Hiddntracks
Arab Strap
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
Bis
Cha Cha Cohen
Citizen Bravo // Ivor Cutler
Conquering Animal Sound
El Hombre Trajeado
Emma Pollock
FOUND
Fukd ID Series
Holy Mountain
Human Don't Be Angry
King's Daughters & Sons
Loch Lomond
Magoo
Malcolm Middleton
Miaoux Miaoux
Mogwai
Mother And The Addicts
Mt. Wilson Repeater
Panico
RM Hubbert
Radar Bros.
Rick Redbeard
Sister Vanilla
Sluts Of Trust
Sound Of Yell
Suckle
The Delgados
The Fruit Tree Foundation
The Phantom Band
The Unwinding Hours
Various
Mogwai - No Education = No Future (Fuck The Curfew) (1998) - Mogwai

Mogwai - No Education = No Future (Fuck The Curfew) (1998)

Original UK Release Date: 29th June, 1998. Entire Single Download With Cover Art - 3 Tracks (320K bit rate; 51.2MB)

$2.91
Xmas Steps
$1.01
Rollerball
$1.01
Small Children In The Background
$1.01

Back in 1998, the powers-that-be in South Lanarkshire decided that something had to be done to curb the marauding belligerence of Hamilton's youth. Deciding, as only out of touch councillors can, that the only way forward was to rid the streets completely of adolescents, they imposed a strict nine o' clock curfew for anyone between the ages of 18 months and 16 years. What came as a surprise to some and absolutely no surprise to most was that the curfew created a slew of Snake Pliskins: kids realising that if they went out 'after dark' they faced the delicious prospect of having Hamilton's boys in blue chasing them all over every scheme and back garden in the district.

Lacking the snappy elan of New Labour's spin machine, Mogwai opted for the blunt instrument approach to naming their new EP and "No Education=No Future (Fuck The Curfew)" was born. The three track EP featured a precursor to the 'Christmas Steps' featured on their upcoming second album Come On Die Young with the abbreviated (in name only) 'Xmas Steps'. Another distinguishing feature of 'Xmas Steps' was its accompanying video featuring a haunted-looking stoker who, having been gifted a pair of furry boots, tramps off to discover - you guessed it - a motorway...

Share Tweet