Bunch of Kunst

If you like decent music, you must watch Bunch of Kunst. If you like decent documentaries, you must watch Bunch of Kunst. A raw and uncompromising portrait of the Sleaford Mods and the family and friends who surround them. Christine Franz is clearly a fan of Jason and Andrew's vital music. It's funny and heartwarming in parts but always against the backdrop of austerity Britain.

Have a Corgi? Are you a Jobseeker? Tied up in Nottz? Well, if you are one of those three or all of them, you definitely will love this documentary. I know I did.

Perhaps the best and most outspoken music film since THIS IS SPINAL TAP and HATED: G.G. ALLIN, we follow the Sleaford Mods' journey as they record their third official album "Key Markets" (not "English Tapas" which was released around the same time as this doc.) seeing Jason Williamson (the singer of the Mods) get a tattoo, have a towel at Glastonbury on his head wrapped around like the Pharaoh, and Andrew Fearn (the silent, gawky bloke on the laptop) staring at you smoking a cigarette and talking about canal routes. Hilarious indeed, it's also a slap-in-the-face against the typical, make-ourselves-look-Gods image pop groups put on and its indie hip-hop/rock/punk vibe is the perfect antidote to bewildered, austerity Britain...all in its 18-certificate (a rating hardly given to films like it used to) glory filled with a spattering of words that look and sound like the third word in the title but with the "T" in front of the "S."

As a fan of Boards of Canada, Future Sound of London, and Gorillaz, I actually didn't know about the Mods until last year when I started giving a chance on their music after hearing Williamson's contribution on The Prodigy's "Ibiza." Who knew an angry chap with a strangely thick Northern-sounding albeit East Midlands accent would be so bloody funny. I did and now Sleaford Mods among very select others are one of my favourite groups in recent years.

Review by, Skinny Ebert (S.E.)

This film about the Sleaford Mods is one massiv statement about the love you need to do something great in the times where everybody else tries to do something great without love .

While I haven't heard the band for a long time, I first came to know their origins and how witty they would become with Jason Williamson's contribution to The Prodigy's "Ibiza." From thereon, I would give "Divide & Exit" a listen and hearing Williamson talk in a thick, somewhat Northern dialect ranting about weak wages and corgis made me laugh more than any Seth Rogen comedy as of late.

BUNCH OF KUNST is no different. Despite it's strangely vulgar title (just don't flip the 'T' in front of the 'S'), the documentary is more than just an excuse to get a beautiful-looking 18-certificate for "very strong language", it's an excuse to show one of Britain's most important musical acts in a long time.

Not since Boards of Canada and Future Sound of London have I paid much attention to a group. The Mods' documentary details their release and status as a 'punk'-oriented, anti-establishment act as they create their successor to the awesome "Divide & Exit", "Key Markets." Featuring Williamson putting on a towel like the Pharaoh and then seeing Andrew Fearn (the silent, lanky lad with the laptop) talking about canal boats is just comedy gold and very familiar too. Given their origins as an independent group, you feel some of their pain as they try to compensate both their skills and the need for money in the age of austerity.

If you like THIS IS SPINAL TAP or found HATED: G.G. ALLIN, you'll definitely love this un-PC, foul-mouthed, out-there music film that details someone that people might find as just another Streets, Fall rip-off or the next best thing since the Sex Pistols.

Review by, Skinny Ebert (S.E.)

Iggy Pop loves these guys - Nottingham loves these guys - you'll love these guys !!! Bunch of kunst is a rare beast - it's an honest and insightful look into a band that are on the cuspt of something - from humble beginnings to giving Glastonbury a very very unquie welcoming - this is a documentary which highlights a band waiting to jump into the hurricane and land wherever the 45 takes them. The Sleaford Mods are a unquie band - and god bless them for that - this is them at their purest - from small clubs to arena sized crowds - all met and dealt with with ease - Christine and her crew have truly captured Jason, Andrew and Steve as they are - honest, humouress and most of all - together - mixing the beats and lyrics as they see it day to day - a truly unquie tale of a band that have no place in the charts - but document change and society as they see it - never - never has a band been so prominent in a whirlwind time of change - a must see for all you zombies who ...