Conflict, the anarcho-punk legends from South London, have announced their release date for their first album of new material in over 20 years.
This Much Remains will be released on Mortarhate Records/Cadiz Music on 25 April, with the title track and lead single out now.
It’s the band’s first album of new material since 2003’s eighth album There’s No Power Without Control.
Conflict formed in 1981 in Eltham, when frontman Colin Jerwood struck up a friendship with anarchist punk collective Crass and set about crafting a whole new kind of punk that upped the ante in terms anger and confrontation.
Crass Records released their debut single, The House That Man Built, in 1982, and when Crass ended in 1984, they passed the anarcho-punk baton to Conflict.
The band, who became known as The Ungovernable Force, went from strength to strength, peaking in April 1987 at Brixton Academy for the Gathering of the 5,000 concert.
An explosion of rage and rebellion inevitably ended up in a police-provoked full-scale riot across Brixton with injuries, arrests, and the band hopelessly in debt and banned from the majority of major London and UK venues.
Undeterred, Conflict continued into the ’90s with the acclaimed Conclusion album, remaining a mainstay of the live punk circuit.
Now, 22 years after their last studio release, they’re back with 16 new creations, keeping one eye on their eventful past, while moving forward, both musically and politically.
Animal liberation remains at the forefront of their anger, and it’s joined by themes of personal loss, environmental issues and ‘profit over people’ billionaires like Bezos, Musk and Trump.
Jerwood is joined on vocals by Fiona Friel of Coventry punks Dragster, who has been appearing with them live for several years.
“Musically 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,” says guitarist Gav King.
“This album will not disappoint the diehard supporters and should garner a new wave of activists.”
