Sleaford Mods had previously used the title "The Demise of Planet X" as the name of a livestream event in early 2021 at the Village Underground in London, when they were in the midst of a tour shortly before releasing the album Spare Ribs.[3]
Promotion and singles
On 16 September 2025, Sleaford Mods released a single entitled "Megaton", which at that point had not been publicly attached to an upcoming album. The accompanying music video directed by Nick Waplington shows the duo performing the song at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London. Proceeds from the single went to the charity organisation War Child.[4]
The second single "The Good Life" was accompanied by a Ben Wheatley-directed music video and the announcement for the album on 21 October 2025.[1] Consisting of a "minimalist, three note beat", the song features vocals from actress Gwendoline Christie—her musical debut—and duo Big Special.[5] An alternate "dark" version of the music video was later released on Halloween 2025 and, like the original, was directed by Wheatley and shot in one take.[6]
A third single, "Bad Santa", was released on 20 November 2025 with a video that shows the duo performing the song at JT Soar,[7] directed by Ian Tatham.[8]
In an 8 out of 10 review for Uncut magazine, Stuart Stubbs said that, "with plenty of gags and even more appalling language", The Demise of Planet X "sounds very Sleaford Mods", adding that "The softer edges and new accessibility only makes the fury and dread eerily heavier."[9]
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