Johnny Foreigner Forwards! Vinyl LP Industrial Smoke Colour Due Out 16/10/26

Johnny Foreigner - Forwards!

Industrial Smoke Colour

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 16th October 2026

Tracklist:

1. foreward
2. The Remnants of the Lunar Society
3. The Sacking of Fairhill House
4. The Concrete Collar
5. OUR CITY ELDERS REFRAIN

Forwards! moves roughly chronologically through moments in Brummie history; from the Lunar Society/Priestley Riots, through post war brutalist redevelopment, to the current era of apathy, strikes, mystery fires, and grifters stoking dangerously misguided "patriotism". The record grew from the band's view of the city as both a microcosm of the wider country, and testing ground for 200 years of unaccountable Westminster experimentation. The title itself is taken from the Birmingham's oft-derided civic motto. Throughout the record, fellow Birmingham punx Luxury Nan Smell take the role of The City Elders, providing backing vocals that interrupt, question or comment on the songs like a running director's commentary. Meanwhile, Bryn Bowen, whose CV stretches across numerous Birmingham bands of the 2000s, appears as The Lords of Change, a recurring voice embodying the landlords, lawmakers and civic powerbrokers who shape the city from above.