2018 has been another stellar year for music; we’ve had the slew of releases from G.O.O.D. Music that bought us ‘Kids See Ghosts’, ‘Ye’ and ‘DAYTONA’, as well as big releases from some of our favourite Brits like Wiley, Young Fathers and Novelist. It’s also been a year tinged by sadness as we say an…
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…
Irreverent, innovative and of course Scottish: Young Fathers were always great candidates to close out Danny Boyle’s upcoming sequel, ‘T2: Trainspotting’ [Jan 27]. Turns out the Edinburgh trio met the novelist behind the franchis, Irvine Welsh, in 2015, when Welsh was making TV documentary about creativity in their mutual hometown. Around the same time, Director Danny Boyle…
With 2015 drawing to a close it’s that time of year again – our top ten albums list. As ever, we’ve brought you countless excellent albums by a whole host of artists. The variety in our top ten speaks volumes about how great this year has been for music right across the world, although it will…
‘White Men Are Black Men Too‘, the new album from Young Fathers dropped on Monday, and it just maybe the Edinburgh trio’s best work yet. Following the release, recent single ‘Shame‘ has just been given the visual treatment in a way that’s every bit as disturbing as it is life-affirming. It features a young man who breaks…
Young Fathers won the Mercury Prize with their last album, ‘Dead‘. Far more importantly, it was named our favourite album of 2014. Not a single laurel, however, was rested upon by the Edinburgh trio, and they got straight back into the studio and recorded their new, controversially-titled ‘White Men Are Black Men Too’. In short, ‘WMABMT’…
After the recently released ‘Rain Or Shine‘, comes another new track from Young Fathers’ upcoming album ‘White Men Are Black Too’. ‘Shame’ is a relatively up-beat track, which is more reminiscent of TV On The Radio than ever before. It manages to be as catchy as any Pop song you’re likely to hear [both the…
