{"product_id":"bddnl239","title":"YOUNG FATHERS - DEAD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eiMtr9QJHlY\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is known: \u003cstrong\u003eYoung Fathers\u003c\/strong\u003e are three young men from Edinburgh and Liberia and Nigeria, all at the same time. Their journey has taken them through various incarnations and styles but they are still only in their mid 20s. And... and this is important: they’ve chosen to kill the past—their own past, even—to make their own future.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe what-what, the feeling:  Following on from the acclaimed EPs \u003cem\u003eTAPE ONE\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTAPE TWO\u003c\/em\u003e, their debut album \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/young-fathers\/dead\"\u003eDEAD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e comes as an intimate epic, thirty six minutes of…. what? What?  You can call it hip hop or rap, but \u003cstrong\u003eAlloysious, G\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKayus\u003c\/strong\u003e sing more than they chat. There's the suburbs and the cities of Grey Britain in there, but also Africa. There’s an obsession with the surface texture of sound, the psychedelicist’s love of noise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually, the deep, warm, maternal reassurance of bass. But the band also craft hook after hook, instant kid-melodies, piling them up on great reefs of backing vocals. Above all, what they insist on is that their music has to mean something, emotionally. If this is a wake, it’s a celebratory one, full of heart.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe PR facts: Over the last year, Young Fathers have carved up stages all over Europe and the US. In addition to directing their own videos they have made a series of short films for \u003cstrong\u003eChannel 4\u003c\/strong\u003e. They’ve hosted a late night slot on \u003cstrong\u003eBBC 1Xtra\u003c\/strong\u003e and curated one-off nights in Scotland and London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/young-fathers\/dead\"\u003ealbum\u003c\/a\u003e is released by renowned West Coast indie \u003cstrong\u003eAnticon\u003c\/strong\u003e in their first ever collaboration with the UK’s own \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bigdada.com\"\u003eBig Dada\u003c\/a\u003e. The first single from \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/young-fathers\/dead\"\u003eDEAD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eiMtr9QJHlY\"\u003e“LOW,”\u003c\/a\u003e has already been played on daytime Radio 1 by Fearne Cotton, where it belongs (of course).\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThese are the quotes:  Kayus: “\u003cem\u003eThe kid that I once was is dead.\u003c\/em\u003e” Alloysius: “\u003cem\u003eIt means everything and nothing.\u003c\/em\u003e” G: “\u003cem\u003eThe funeral procession, the last hoorah… It’s called DEAD because I can say it out loud and it means nothing.”\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n \r\nThis is the conclusion: another beginning, starting with the end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44934131515551,"sku":"BD239","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":44934131548319,"sku":"BDCD239","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/dead-main.jpg?v=1736247226","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/bddnl239","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}