{"id":22313,"date":"2026-09-02T13:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22313"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:33:46","slug":"pig-brand-new-ep-issued-as-follow-up-to-acclaimed-2026-album-hurt-people-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22313","title":{"rendered":"<PIG> Brand new EP issued as follow-up to acclaimed 2026 album ‘Hurt People Hurt’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following hot on the heels of the widely acclaimed ‘Hurt People Hurt’ album released in May 2026, ‘Dirt Box’ is an EP of brand new songs by UK industrial glam maverick Raymond Watts aka PIG. It features co-writes with friends and collborators Marc Heal (Cubanate, C-Tec) and G\u00fcnter Schulz (ex-KMFDM), as well as Watts’ regular songwriting partner Jim Davies (ex-The Prodigy and Pitchshifter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EP opener ‘An American Ideal Of Beauty’ was released as a single in late July. The recording sessions produced four new songs in all, each of which has been remixed by contemporaries that include Stabbing Westward\u2019s Chris Hall and Combichrist. All eight tracks are collected on \u2018Dirt Box\u2019, which is released a week after the commencement of a 44 date North American tour to promote \u2018Hurt People Hurt\u2019 and includes performances in Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin as part of the Cold Waves XIV festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Hurt People Hurt’ received some of the best reviews of Watts\u2019 career globally, with Bearded Gentlemen Music (US) describing him as \u201cthe missing link between David Bowie, Gary Numan and Trent Reznor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK, Classic Rock pointed out that \u201cWatts is industrial rock\u2019s handsome rogue and a one-stop shop for devastating dancefloor beats and snarling vocals,\u201d and that the album’s title track \u201cbrings to mind both Ghost and Sisters Of Mercy at their most extravagant.” Vive Le Rock added that \u201cPIG are cut from esteemed cloth and the quality offered here is second to none,\u201d while Electronic Sound concurred that the \u201cexistential glam maverick continues to carve an enduring impression into the backside of the industrial rock scene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treble Zine (US) commented that the album \u201cbrings a theatrical quirkiness to the industrial crunch. There is attention to detail in the songwriting, while the vocals are emoted with conviction, showing that experience has its perks.\u201d Elsewhere, Tinnitist (Canada) stated its songs were \u201cdanceable and deadly serious in turn. PIG climbs peaks and mines troughs, while musical genres slide and collide like tectonic plates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watts has not only made fifteen albums as PIG, but was a founder member of KMFDM with a key writing and vocal role on their best known songs of the \u201880s\/\u201990s. He has also worked with stalwarts of the global industrial scene such as Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten, Foetus and Psychic TV, while a period living in Japan saw him involved with the groups with the bands Schwein and Schaft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watts has also written music for film, TV, advertising and fashion shows in Europe, Japan and America. His work in fashion includes ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ (Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York) and \u2018Plato\u2019s Atlantis\u2019 for the late fashion icon Alexander McQueen, which was reprised as \u2018Savage Beauty\u2019 (MMOA and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BANDCAMP: https:\/\/pigindustries.bandcamp.com\/album\/dirt-box<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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