Glasgow Trio Slime City bring their barnstorming second album National Record of Achievement to The Lexington on September 11th.

Before Slime City, frontman Michael M led Glasgow sci-fi punk-rock four-piece We Are The Physics, receiving airplay from Steve Lamacq and appearing on Marc Riley’s Brain Surgery on BBC 6 Music. They put out two albums of new-wave-indie-pop-math-rock with a distinctive B-movie aesthetic and developed a devoted following before calling it a day in 2013.

Slime City consist of three Michaels, all ex-members of We Are The Physics, going by the monikers Michael M, Michael Guitar, and Michael Drums, and their 2023 debut Slime City Death Club is full of acerbic wit and singalong choruses. The follow-up National Record of Achievement, released in November 2025, lands like a freight train full of very good jokes, taking aim at high art, the music industry, themselves and pretty much everything with thrashy guitars, crashing drums and a heavy dose of electronics. The album is full of sharp jokes and funny jabs with cynical lyrics but a joyful, noisy vibe. Slime City are goofy but sincere, finding the world extremely funny and extremely terrible at the same time.

We caught up with Michael M to find out more:

Can you tell us about your time in We Are The Physics, the decision to form Slime City, and what happened in between?

Who are some of your key influences?

National Record of Achievement, both the title and the album cover, is immediately familiar to anyone who went through the British schooling system. Can you tell us why you chose that title?

What are some of the other themes and topics on the album?

Are the figures in “This Song Costs £2000 (Approx)” an accurate portrayal of the current state of the music industry?

What is THE SHOETAR?

Do you feel like your music and outlook has a particularly Glaswegian flavour?

What are some of the best venues, bands and promoters from Glasgow?

You’re coming back to London in September, what can people expect from the show?

What is the ultimate goal of Slime City?

Read our review of the janky National Record of Achievement here.