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YOUNG FATHERS - Cocoa Sugar - Vinyl (limited blue vinyl LP + MP3 download code)

Sold Date: January 11, 2019
Start Date: December 18, 2018
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Cat: ZEN 248X. Rel: 12 Mar 18
Indie


Side 1 - Track 1. See How Side 1 - Track 2. Fee Fi Side 1 - Track 3. In My View Side 1 - Track 4. Turn Side 1 - Track 5. Lord Side 1 - Track 6. Tremolo Side 2 - Track 1. Wow Side 2 - Track 2. Border Girl Side 2 - Track 3. Holy Ghost Side 2 - Track 4. Wire Side 2 - Track 5. Toy Side 2 - Track 6. Picking You

With their Mercury-winning 2014 debut 'Dead', Edinburgh trio Young Fathers set the bar high for themselves, which they met with 2015's follow-up 'White Men Are Black Men Too', and continue to do so with new album 'Cocoa Sugar'. Their third record isn't as brash and in-your-face as their previous two, but that's not to say that this any less impactful, instead 'Cocoa Sugar' is a stripped back, concentrated The group have a unique ability in that they can draw elements from a range of genres, with an outcome sounding in a class of its own and tantalisingly hard to define. Also, in their use off-kilter loops, gospel-esque vocals, haunting samples and breakneck speed verses, Young Fathers create dualities and contrasts that playfully subvert. Tracks like 'See How', 'In My View' and 'Lord' appear to tread into joyous and cathartic pop territory, before being pinned down by unnerving scraping samples and dissonant synthesis. It's these intelligently executed sonics and structures that make 'Cocoa Sugar' an addictive, thrilling and beguiling listen.