Asbestos Salesman

Asbestos Salesman is comprised of front man Jess Siggins (The Salesman), and briefcase operator Joshua Hixson (The Bastard), both born, raised and based in Southend-on-Sea in the UK. Since their 2025 debut album, Asbestos Salesman's chaotic mix of 'sludgey', angular and satirical alternative music has received praise from crowds, indie blogs, and radio stations, including BBC Radio 6 (airing bagalamb, pigs slurping at the trough and R2DTF on shows like New Music Fix and the Introducing Mixtape). Both state educated, self-taught musicians, raised in working families, the pair went to the same school and reconnected a decade later (after taking on the mandatory student debts for a university education) to find they strangely had a lot in common. Their first album Post-Sludge Post-Britain Post-Slop dropped in January 2025, a colourful set of stories of modern british life in today's world. Steeped in irony, cynicism and sarcasm, the tasteless art tells a different story. Moving away from the critique of british slop-filled society and into more of a glimpse of what's to come if we don't sort our shit out, their second album songs from the deadcut released in November 2025. Their gigs can be described as a variety show of eclectic post-punk, served to you by two charismatic reprobates. The pair open their briefcase full of 'asbestos' and fire off music with a manic enthusiasm that is equal parts infectious and mesmerising. See more on instagram: asbestossalesman