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Sleaford Mods explain why bands aren’t “conscious” of appropriating working class culture

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Sleaford Mods‘ Jason Williamson has doubled down on his criticism of bands he has previously accused of “appropriating, to a certain degree, a working class voice”.The frontman of the Nottingham duo sparked a feud with IDLES in 2019, after claiming that the Bristol band were pretending to be a voice for the working class within their music.Speaking in a new interview with NME, Williamson did not mention IDLES by name but claimed that some bands are not “conscious” of the way in which they “misrepresent” themselves.“There’s certain bands that front a kind of music that’s been created by people from the lower division in society,” said Williamson.“But as long as these people are treating it with respect, there’s no problem with that.

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