HSD Top 10 Albums 2017 - No.8

No. 8 Young Fathers Tape1/Tape 2

Young Fathers are one solid group. They always deliver. This is their third time in the HSD end of year list - a fact they must be very proud of!! Their first album Dead heralded their arrival, then came White Men are Black Men Too, a considerable step up – more political, more experimental, more discordance, issued with greater confidence and production values. Now we have Tape1/Tape2, a double album. Originally released as mixtapes in 2011 and 2012, Tape 1 and Tape 2 largely passed under the radar. They sound raw and fresh as the band were setting out, delivered with defiance, abandon, thought provocation and celebration. The beats crunch, the bass booms and throbs, the vocals are intense. Young Fathers are the natural successors to Massive Attack, bringing the spirit and anger of The Specials. A racially mixed group from Edinburgh, Young Fathers provided several tracks for the Trainspotting 2. It is an obvious and natural fit, for a socially disaffected group of musicians to be lending their music to a socially disaffected group of movie characters. Having heard a new, unreleased track called Lord, less raw, more musical, this trio’s success will go way beyond fiction.

Here is the first track of Tape 1.

Young Fathers - Deadline