Pre-orders are now live for the NEW Cleaners From Venus album. 12 tracks! On CD or digital. Find it on Bandcamp at the link below. https://thecleanersfromvenus.bandcamp.com/album/beryl-ruff-go-shopping

An excellent new interview with Martin conducted by his friend and neighbour, MW Bewick. Covers recording, writing and all sorts of other things. https://internationaltimes.it/cleaning-up-an-interview-with-martin-newell/

Due to POPULAR DEMAND, we've put on another date at Islington Assembly Hall. https://dice.fm/event/wwpwrr-the-cleaners-from-venus-5th-oct-islington-assembly-hall-london-tickets And we can also announce that the Gardeners will be supporting Martin & Nel at both dates. Thank you!

I sat with a two-litre bottle of cider in one hand and a roll-up in the other, watching the video screen in my landlord Steve's living room. Roger Maynard, then a news presenter at BBC East in Norwich, was interviewing a young man. The young man, in his twenties, was dressed almost entirely in black, his thin face appearing more gaunt for a surfeit of smeared mascara. He lurched uneasily in his seat as he fielded the interviewer's questions. Did he think, asked Roger Maynard,