''Anti-Nasty League'' is the seventh studio album by English

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band

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, released on 25 April 2015 by Rumjoint Records.

Promotion

In June 2014 Pop Will Eat Itself released "Reclaim the Game (Funk FIFA)" and "Watch the Bitch Blow" in August, with the latter appearing on Anti-Nasty League. In preparation for the album's release the single "Digital Meltdown" was featured on

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on 28 March 2015. Following the album's pre-order and digital release on 25 April 2015 the band embarked on a 9-date tour of England starting with a sold-out gig in Leicester on 22 May 2015 and concluding at Leamington Spa on 30 May 2015. A video for 21st Century English Civil War was released on 1 May 2015

Reception

Writing for ''

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'', David J Harris noted "It’s an album that’s brimming with vitality. Many of the verses are rapped over thick driving bass riffs that rip into stimulating metal guitar licks fused with instantaneous catchy choruses" and awarded the album 9/10. Rockregeneration.co.uk noted the album's "political/social commentary" and highlighted the album's punk rock attitude stating "Throughout this album is the underlying message to ..rise up against what is happening around you". In writing for ''

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'', Tim Peacock awarded the album 4/5, praising the tracks Watch The Bitch Blow and Digital Meltdown, while also stating that two songs on the album "credibly hark back to the Poppies at their hard-hitting, '' Dos Dedos''-era best"

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

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– vocals, keyboards, programming *

Mary Byker Ian Garfield Hoxley, known by his stage name Mary Byker (a.k.a. Mary Mary) (born 20 December 1963), is an English singer, record producer and DJ known for his work as the lead singer of Gaye Bykers on Acid, Pop Will Eat Itself, Pigface and Apoll ...

– vocals, keyboards, programming * Tim Muddiman – guitar, bass, keyboards, programming * Davey Bennett – bass *

Jason Bowld Jason Bowld is a British drummer currently playing with the metal band Bullet for My Valentine, and formerly of Pitchshifter, This Is Menace and AxeWound. Bowld's first show with Bullet for My Valentine was at Wembley Arena in 2010, their orig ...

– drums

Additional personnel

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– guitar (1) * Kurt Maas – guitar (1) * Noko 440 – keyboards (3, 8, 12), programming (3), add. bass (3, 12), add. guitar (8) * Kerry "The Buzzard" Hammond – guitar (4, 11, 12)

References

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