We can say with some confidence that no one is making music quite like Young Fathers right now; their sound is so distinct it sticks out a mile from their would-be contemporaries. New album ‘Cocoa Sugar’ is their third [‘DEAD‘ won the 2014 Mercury Prize, followed by ‘White Men Are Black Men Too‘ in 2015], and…
With the release of their third album just nine days away, Young Fathers follow ‘Lord‘ and ‘In My View‘ with a third taste of ‘Cocoa Sugar’. More easily palatable than the former and more upbeat than the latter, new track ‘Toy’ also features lots of what we’ve been missing from both: rapping. Over a fastidiously…
Young Fathers announced that they’d completed work on a new album in November last year with a new track entitled ‘Lord‘. The trio – Alloysious Massaquoi, Graham ‘G’ Hastings and Kayus Bankole – told us to expect “something typically unique and exhilarating, but leaner, more muscular and self-assured than ever before.” Today, the album’s title,…
“We’ve just finished a new album, and It’s about fucking time. Anyway, here’s a song from it, a song called LORD. See youz soon,” comes the announcement from Young Fathers. The first offering from the Scottish three-piece’ fourth studio album comes alongside the announcement that they’ll be playing a run of UK headline shows in…
Lapalux shares a new track from his forthcoming third album ‘Ruinism’ [June 30], featuring JFDR [y’know, Jófríður Ákadóttir]. “Stu [Lapalux] and I got together in London when I had just run out the door in Iceland with my laptop and passport – and literally nothing else – so I was in a perfect state of…
Ash Koosha releases ‘I AKA’. Featuring singles ‘Mudafossil‘, ‘Biutiful‘ and ‘Ooh Uhh‘, the album is a varied and incredibly engaging representation of Koosha’s “finding geometry in sound.” A synaesthesiate, the Iranian producer quite literally sees sound – which lends a creative limitlessness to his music. Stream below via Spotify, click here to download on iTunes.
Following ‘Mudafossil‘ and ‘Biutiful‘ comes a third single from Ash Koosha’s upcoming album ‘I AKA I’. The new track ‘Ooh Uhh’ will serve as a B-side to ‘Biutiful‘, which will be officially released on Ninja Tune on March 16. Stream below via SoundCloud.
