Meryl Streek - Stories They Don’t Teach You At School (2026) Hi Res

The Dublin punk and spoken-word artist delivers his guest-stacked third album, a furious, politically charged record that pulls no punches. Streek has made his name on a confrontational blend of electronic noise, hardcore energy and righteous anger directed at the Irish state, the church and the forces that grind people down with a strong sense of social justice. Stories They Don’t Teach You At School widens the circle, bringing in Steve Ignorant of Crass, Pete Holidai, Phill Jupitus, Lags Barnard, Vinny McCreith (The Vinny Club / Adebisi Shank) and Meditations for The Anxious Mind’s Frankie McNamara.

Stories They Don’t Teach You At School hits on a fruitful amalgamation of punk-rock instrumentation and evocative electronic production (that recalls For Those I Love at times), and relies more on the courage of lyrical convictions this time out rather than screaming in anger to get the point across. Still, the record is loud, unflinching (there’s a song here about the murder of Kelly Lynch) and completely uninterested in comfort, which is the point of a record like this, as it addresses homelessness, government failing the working class, cost of living, depression and addiction. Meryl Streek will continue to kick against the pricks.