MFK -
DUST
WORDS BY LEE BARBER
Rave reviews are flying in for Dust, the all new single from post-punk four-piece MFK. The recurring theme picks up on the iconic funk style of the bass guitar, luring you in instantly and inviting you to sit tight while the story unravels. Lyrics are stark, provocative, transpicuous. Being from Stoke myself, you can’t help but feel seen when Nic Andrews sings ‘how do we level up when the shop’s are shut and the whole town’s turned to dust?’
The industrial vibe emanating throughout the track really digs in deep, honing in on that feeling of a song brought to you by a band well versed on how it feels to live and breathe in a city forgotten by so many. For as catchy a tune as Dust may be, the straight up questions it imposes really do hit hard. The eerie flow of guitar work only adds to the sense of a working class desperate to achieve its full potential but destined live amongst the squalor we have been dumped in, fated only to play the handful of shit cards we have been dealt.
But such repression and darkness will only ever push the boundaries of creativity for people in cities like Stoke-on-Trent, and MFK are musical evidence of this. Their latest offering hits bang on, there’s no hiding behind political agenda’s here, there’s no sugar coating. It gets right to the heart of the matter, and it does so by making you want to dance.
