London’s Stick in the Wheel have shared “Pie Eaters,” the first taste of new album Troubling Thoughts, due March 12, 2027 on their own From Here Records. And there’s Pogues blood on it: Spider Stacy and Jem Finer both guest.

Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, now joined by drummer Emma Holbrook, have bolted post-punk onto their folk: acerbic vocals, jagged guitars, and songs aimed at illicit wealth, everyday sexism and anyone short on working-class solidarity. “Pie Eaters” is based on a true story. “The high-vis misdemeanours don’t absolve you of it,” says Kearey.

Spider calls the record “a beautiful f***ing monster bristling with intent and fury.” Jem goes with “extraordinary, brilliant and ferocious.”

See them open for The Pogues at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, on November 25.