Sue Tompkins is back alongside Sleaford Mods on “Cato”, one of nine tracks added to The Demise Of Planet X. She has made the video too. The digital expansion came out on October 15, opening up more of the work around the album as Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson continue their European tour.

Sleaford Mods in a publicity photograph by Nick Waplington
Sleaford Mods. Photo: Nick Waplington.

There are two recordings to put beside each other if you want to follow that collaboration. Tompkins, of Life Without Buildings, had already appeared on “No Touch”. She recorded that song in Bristol, then worked with the duo on “Cato” in Nottingham about a month later. The new song was made just after the album was largely complete and stayed outside its original sequence.

The dates place “Cato” just beyond the album’s main recording work. “No Touch” was already part of Planet X; the second collaboration was left out. Hearing the pair together gives a fuller account of the sessions, with Tompkins now taking responsibility for the new song’s visual presentation as well.

Another entry takes a different route back into Planet X. “The Good Life (Alt Version)” is credited with Big Special. That label is worth keeping in mind when counting the additions: nine tracks includes an alternative version of a song, rather than nine entirely separate compositions.

The other seven titles are “Give Em What They Want”, “How What”, “Cheap Cheap Shit”, “There We Are Then”, “Armageddon’s Wi Me Now”, “The Return Of The Bin White Dukes” and “Dr Who?”. With “Cato” and the alternate “Good Life”, those are the nine entries in the published demos tracklist.

Williamson describes sessions that could produce several tracks quickly, followed by a longer search for the album’s overall idea. Some demos were close to finished but did not go forward. That helps explain why material can be available now without being presented as the next studio album. These songs belong to the work around Planet X, including choices left outside the finished record.

There are two useful comparisons to make here. “No Touch” and “Cato” follow the same guest across separate songs, while the two versions of “The Good Life” return to one title. Start with whichever connection interests you, then go back to the album’s running order. It is a more focused introduction to the extras than treating all nine entries as a new album.

On stage, the next listed European stop is Lausanne on October 25. Istanbul’s MIX Festival follows on November 6, while Amsterdam on November 28 is a support slot with The Prodigy. Check the billing when choosing a show. Four US bookings begin at New York’s Mercury Lounge on March 31, 2027, followed by Knoxville, Boise and Portland. None of those dates establishes which of the new additions will enter the set.