HSD Top 10 Albums 2016 - No 2

2 Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos

Kate Tempest is one of the most vital voices in Britain today. I love her words and I love her music. I love her inspiration. I love that she makes sense of the world. To me, she is THE most vital voice, eloquently telling it how it is, from her point of view, through characters you feel you know, fiction that feels real, words that have you enthralled and music that makes you want to move. Her voice quivers with a rising sense of urgency, which holds you in its grip and forces you to stop in your tracks and pay attention. I wholeheartedly agree with her sentiment but whether you agree or not, she is undeniably essential and musically and lyrically challenging and alive. This is spoken word story telling, with a sharp, quick fire delivery, underscored and enhanced by an electro sound track. Kate Tempest has learnt her craft and worked up her style over the years by spitting her lyrics at poetry jams and the like. She writes what she sees and she sees what she writes. You can’t learn this on the X Factor. Her last album Everybody Down was the Head Space Daily number one album of 2014, (HSD Top 10 Albums 2014) with more great storytelling, set within a desperate social climate, which led to the book The Bricks That Built The Houses that came out this year – an essential read. Let Them Eat Chaos is more politically direct than Everybody Down and lays life bare. This is vital listening, with a vital message. It is always 4:18 in some peoples’ lives...

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Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost