CONFLICT RELEASE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN OVER TWO DECADES ‘THIS MUCH REMAINS’ OUT THIS FRIDAY
30th April 2025Returning with their first new album in over two decades, notorious anarcho punk legends Conflict are back and firing on all cylinders with their highly anticipated new album ‘This Much Remains’, released this Friday via Mortarhate/Cadiz Music.
Featuring sixteen brand new Conflict creations, the album sees the band keeping one eye on their eventful past, and the other firmly on moving forward, both musically and politically. Animal Liberation are still at the forefront of Conflict’s collective minds, giving a voice to the voiceless on songs such as ‘A Mother’s Milk’ and ‘Shut The Fuck Up’, whilst their anger at world governments will never dissipate. “It’s the same old system and the same old song, forty years later and they’ve still got it wrong,” bellows Colin, still with complete conviction on ‘The Collusion Exclusion’. This anger, alongside themes of personal loss, environmental issues and those ‘profit over people’ billionaires like Bezos, Musk, and Trump, finds Conflict at their most inspired and invigorated.
‘This Much Remains’ also features an appearance by the late Benjamin Zephaniah on new single ‘Cut The Crap’. Benjamin’s relationship with Conflict goes right back to the infamous Brixton Academy gig in 1987 where he performed with the band and it’s right that his voice is found here, with additional lyrics by recent addition to the band line-up, dual vocalist Fiona Friel (formerly of Coventry punks Dragster).
“Benjamin is a legend, and I really felt a weight of responsibility when writing the adjoining lyrics to this song,” admits Fiona. “I had some of his books, so I went to peruse through them and started with ‘Windrush Child’ as I felt the subject matter would tie in well. Immediately, I saw the line “I am history,” and that’s all I needed. I put the book straight down and wrote and wrote and wrote. So much so, once in the studio, I had to cut over half of what I had written. I hope I’ve done him proud.”
‘This Much Remains’ is the sound of a band that continues to surprise and progress, decades after it first begun.“Musicall,y we wanted it to evolve from the last records but still have elements of that classic Conflict angry sound that thousands of people fell in love with,” summarises guitarist Gav King. “This album will not disappoint the diehard supporters and should garner a new wave of activists.”
“Conflict are stronger than ever,” adds Colin Jerwood. “and more relevant than ever.”
This much remains. We are one. To be continued? You better believe it.
For ‘This Much Remains’, Conflict are:
Colin Jerwood – Vocals
Fiona Friel – Vocals
Gav King – Guitars, Melodica & Hammond
Fran Fearon – Bass
Stoo Meadows – Drums
Benjamin Zephaniah – Vocals on ‘Cut the Crap’
Mitsuko Sonoda – Voice on ‘The Impossible Soul’
‘This Much Remains’ track-listing:
- The Impossible Soul
- This Much Remains
- The Collusion Exclusion
- Outside The Box
- Masters Of The Race?
- That Other Song
- Echoes
- Cut The Crap – with Benjamin Zephaniah
- Shut The Fuck Up
- Rebellion’s In Session (Again)
- A Mother’s Milk
- When The Lights Go Out
- Statement Of Intent
- A Message To Them
- Inferno
- Concluded
Order ‘This Much Remains’ HERE:
Produced by CONFLICT
Recorded and mixed by Andrew Banfield at Superfly Studios, Ollerton, UK
Additional Guitars & Melodica Recorded at by Gav King at Inferno Studios
Mastered by Tim Turan
All songs written by CONFLICT except ‘Cut the Crap’ by Benjamin Zephaniah & CONFLICT
See Conflict live at the following dates in 2025:
03/05 THE UNDERGROUND, BRADFORD UK
16/05 LOST LANE, DUBLIN IE
17/05 THE DEER’S HEAD, BELFAST NI
05/06 BUMS, BARROW-IN-FURNESS UK
06/06 AUDIO, GLASGOW UK
07/06 LA BELLE ANGELE, EDINBURGH UK
08/06 STAR & GARTER, MANCHESTER UK
17-19/07 POD PAROU FESTIVAL CZ
25/07 DLB FESTIVAL, FERRARA IT
26/07 REFUSE FESTIVAL, PEINE DE
09/08 REBELLION, BLACKPOOL UK
29/08 ENCORE, SUNDBYBERG SE
30/08 DALFESTIVALEN, DALSJÖFORS, SE
31/08 LOPPEN, COPENHAGEN DK
09/10 THE ANVIL, BOURNEMOUTH UK
10/10 THE CASTLE & FALCON, BIRMINGHAM UK
11/10 THE FACEBAR, READING UK
