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On a record that swings chaotically between menacing rap onslaughts and gospel-choir vocal arrangements, Young Fathers have really delivered.
Local lads Young Fathers today (July 11) played a well-received set on the BBC Introducing Stage at T In The Park.
Releasing your debut album can be a nerve-wracking experience for any artist, but expectation levels are increased to gargantuan proportions when you've been tipped as 'ones to watch' for the past five years. Young Fathers were being hyped as long as ago as 2009, but this, their first album proper, is poles apart from the pop-leaning songs that first gained them attention.
Young Fathers are a Scottish trio of African descent who make hip hop that fluctuates between abrasive and melodic, often within the same song.
Album review: Young Fathers, 'Dead'. This debut proper from the Scottish trio finds their unique brand of global hip-hop hitting the sweetest spots possible...
Young Fathers continue Anticon's reputation for experimentalism, but they never lose sight of their pop sensibilities, writes <strong>Killian Fox</strong>
This Edinburgh-based trio stir up a globalised, magpie-ish stew of hip-hop, electronica and leftfield pop that partly recalls the pioneering spirit of Massive Attack, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>
DeadArtist: Young FathersGenre: Hip-Hop & RapLabel: Anticomn/Big DadaYoung Fathers know the power of words.