Bunch of Kunst

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 .

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 ...

'Bunch of Kunst' follows the rise of Sleaford Mods, one of the most important bands in austerity-era Britain. Christine Franz's directional debut is raw and unpolished in its presentation of the Nottingham duo, whose abrasive, minimalist musical style is perfectly reflected by this documentary's strictly observational nature of storytelling. Much like the lyrics of chicken factory worker turned beats-maker Jason Williamson, Bunch of Kunst can be unapologetically real and brutal, as we ride-along on Sleaford Mods' 2015 tour. It can also, however, be a charming and poignant character piece, made out of a clear passion for punk rock, and the UK music scene.

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.