PWEI.40

Graham Crabb and Adam Mole celebrate 40 years of Pop Will Eat Itself as project PWEI.40 - with a mammoth new release, an unlikely cast of collaborators and four exclusive live appearances.

Formats:

Deluxe Limited 2LP Gatefold Vinyl - RUMJOINT40LX
Hot Pink and Canary Yellow Vinyl in Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves. Includes a bonus ‘bin sticker’
-Life Begins @PWEI.40  – “Hot Pink” Side A/B
-Lost Treasures and Unearthed Gems – “Canary Yellow” Side C/D

Coloured 1LP vinyl + Bonus 7" - RUMJOINT40L7
Indies exclusive
Magenta vinyl. Printed inner sleeve.
Tracklist - “Life Begins @PWEI.40”
Bonus 7" Tracklist - 
A Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Reworked by Clint Mansell for PWEI.40
B Ausländer - Reworked by Clipping and ft. Sharon Udoh & Sara Taylor (Youth Code) for PWEI.40

LP-Black - RUMJOINT40LP
black vinyl with Printed inner sleeve
Tracklist - “Life Begins @PWEI.40”

Deluxe CD - RUMJOINT40CX
Book pack design
Tracklist - “Life Begins @PWEI.40” with 2 extra bonus tracks at the end 
Bonus tracks - 
Inject Me - Triple J Live at the Wireless
Let It Flow - Extended

Standard CD - RUMJOINT40CD
Tracklist - “Life Begins @PWEI.40”
Remus mini gatefold wallet
 
“So, me ’n Crabbi had this idea… collaboration.”
 
One year on from that conversation, PWEI.40 resurfaces from the vaults clutching four decades of sonic noise pollution, hell-bent on revisiting, restructuring, regurgitating and generally bastardising its own back catalogue.
 
Forty years of designer chaos, radical innovation and a continuing determination to push boundaries, seek new places and further our own brand.
 
LIFE BEGINS @ PWEI.40
 
Tracks subjected to the treatment include 1000 X No, Get the Girl, Kill the Baddies, There Is a Psychopath in My Soup, Mother, Dance of the Mad, I'm Sniffin' with You Hoo, 88 Seconds & Still Counting and Bulletproof.
 
Along for the joyride are Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), Brian Tatler (Diamond Head/Saxon), Meryl Streek, Karl Willetts (Bolt Thrower/Memoriam), Rachel Mayfield, Fluke and Clams Baker (Warmduscher).
 
There's a reimagining of Wasted Youth's I Wish I Was a Girl, alongside Ken Scott and Rocco Barker, plus two brand-new PWEI tracks — something we originally intended to avoid, until we got carried away.
 
I Don't Wanna Dance features Vita from THR0B, discovered at Bearded Theory and subsequently pestered into collaboration. Night Shift Riot features blistering guitar from Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Wonder Stuff/Peter Murphy).
 
But wait. There's more.
 
A bonus vinyl collection of lost treasures and unearthed gems features recordings never before officially released on a physical PWEI product, accompanied by extensive sleeve notes from Adam Mole and Paul Snell.
 
A special 7-inch single sees Ich Bin Ein Ausländer reimagined by original PWEI member Clint Mansell and Los Angeles experimental hip-hop outfit clipping., featuring Sara Taylor (Youth Code) and Sharon Udoh.
 
And the love affair continues with Ian Anderson and The Designers Republic, providing another iconic sleeve design nearly four decades after four starry-eyed grebos from the Black Country first wandered into Sheffield's FON Studios wondering how to get into all this technology shit.
 
Now Crabb and Mole take PWEI.40 on the road for four exclusive live appearances.
 
Forty years on, still dismantling the machinery, making a racket and occasionally wondering who's responsible.
 
Expect the unexpected.

Released: February 2027
Cat: RUMJOINT40
Label: Rumjoint.40

Listen

Tracklist

Life Begins @PWEI.40
Sticky - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Karl Willetts (ex BoltThrower/Memoriam)
Night Shift Riot - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Wonder Stuff/Peter Murphy)
1000 X No - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire)
Just Gotta Say It - PWEI.40 Rework
Mother - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Rachel Mayfield
Car Chase - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Brian Tatler (Diamond Head/Saxon)
Car Crash - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Brian Tatler (Diamond Head/Saxon)
Dance Of The Mad Bastards - Reworked by Fluke for PWEI.40

Psychopath In My Soup - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Karl Willetts (ex BoltThrower/Memoriam)
Ruff Justice - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Clams Baker (Warmduscher)
Don't Wanna Dance - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Vita (Throb)
Poppies Go Boom! - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Wonder Stuff/Peter Murphy)
I Wish I Was A Girl - PWEI.40 Rework ft. Ken Scott and Rocco Barker (Wasted Youth)
Bite The Bullet - Reworked by Meryl Streek for PWEI.40

Lost Treasures and Unearthed Gems
England's Finest - Demo
T+A=$ - Hi-Tech Lo-Fi Heavy Mono Demo
Chaos & Mayhem - Asbo Kid Remix
Titanic Clown - March 86 Demo
Everything's Nothing Without You - Uncorked Hi Tech Lo Fi Heavy Mono Instrumental Demo
To the Backstreet Hackers

Twilight - Eat Me! Drink Me! Love Me! Kill Me!
Prick
The Fuses Have Been Lit - November 85/Live rehearsal
Preaching to the Perverted - Live- The Old greek, Melbourne.16/02/92- Triple J Radio Broadcast
So Screwed Up - Jilted
The Demon - Hi-Tech Lo-Fi Heavy Mono Demo