Congratulations to The Young Fathers on winning The Mercury Music Prize last night. Well deserved. I dare say "Dead" will break the 3,000 sales barrier today. 30,000 next week! And wow, KEXP, you guys have your finger on the pulse to get these guys in for a live set back in May.
So pleased I caught them on this last tour, beyond pleased to get to see them again this go around. They blew my mind live - seriously, so absolutely incredible, unique, beautiful. Their passion is infectious.
Me too. They deserve some success! I've been kinda waiting for this sound for the past decade. I didn't know this WAS the sound I was looking for, I had no idea what it would be, but I knew I would know it when I heard it. I know it now!
Is this the best band of a new generation. Away from the long line of boring same sounding dross. You've got a mix of hip hop, punk, soul and ska all wrapped up in one great package.
I said G.D.M.F.S.O.B.! Wow! I'M speechless & I'm Nag very rarely is man stuck 4 words. #Love #Respect #Props @Naguk101 Please let me know if ya'll have a gig in Edin, I'm from Fife, would love 2 catch ya'll live.Been Hip-Hop fiend since 83, right back 2 the lyricism with neck snappin beats/tune. 1Love!
You really hit the nail on the head, you don't fit in here. I relate 2 that, Like Meth in Belly man rolls solo, cut off every wasteman & left with very few, 5ish(in Fife). Saw Jack Beats few yrs ago b4 that Beastie Boys 99. Shit a'int easy when Ya gotta do it solo, still man loves it, just go with the flow & I would follow ya'll 2 hell & back. Thats ma word & word is bond!
^^^they need to get a new presenter/interviewer this is twice iv heard him stumble through a full interview, its extremely degrading to such musical talent, an interest and background knowledge is not a hard ask!!
Hmmm, first time I've heard them and. . . . . Struggling to feel this. I'll try again tomorrow. Sounds like a compression of 4 or 5 genres woven together . . not sure what you are going to hear next. I suppose you have to be a Teenager or in your early 20s to get off on this. Not like the MMP judges to get it wrong. Hope it grows on me. Right now this stinking like a fart in a stuck elevator.
Well live tracks aren't normally the best way to get into a band. But that's the point, this band is their own band. They found a way to create a unique sound that isn't subjected to a genre and I give them huge credited for that. But if you're trying to get into this look up their song "I Heard" and just play the UA-cam playlist for the song. A lot of their songs take a bit of getting use to at first, but by the end of the song you can get completely into it. Their song "Get Up", which was the 3rd one they played in this video, is a perfect example of that, but like I said, try the studio version.
Dude, it's the very fact that you do not know what sound they are going to play with next that DOES make them so interesting! Nice to see a group take an established sound, mix it up, break the rules and invent something new. Hope you do wake up in the zone that gets you diggin....
00:20 Am I Not Your Boy
02:50 War
06:12 Get Up
14:36 Low
17:47 Way Down
Come back to this session time and time again
These young men deserve it all - such talent
Congratulations to The Young Fathers on winning The Mercury Music Prize last night. Well deserved. I dare say "Dead" will break the 3,000 sales barrier today. 30,000 next week!
And wow, KEXP, you guys have your finger on the pulse to get these guys in for a live set back in May.
can't get enough of these boys. Seen them in Manchester, then at Glastonbury Festival. STILL NOT ENOUGH!
One of the best bands I have ever seen live. And I have seen hundreds.
first time listening to these guys, they're fucking awesome.
Ditto
Even better live
there is something seriously cool about those analogue synths
They're a lot better than I expected them to be live. Dead is a great album, the tapes are good too.
So pleased I caught them on this last tour, beyond pleased to get to see them again this go around. They blew my mind live - seriously, so absolutely incredible, unique, beautiful. Their passion is infectious.
Too amazing! Dear lord, I'm loving this.
Me too.
They deserve some success!
I've been kinda waiting for this sound for the past decade. I didn't know this WAS the sound I was looking for, I had no idea what it would be, but I knew I would know it when I heard it.
I know it now!
Holy smoke, they just blew my mind . . . PHUCK
They basically took something obscure and brought it to the surface, Mercury as out done themselves
Ah man I love these so much. INFECTIOUS AND ADDICTIVE!!
"a trio from edding-borrow" goddamnit man
Absolutely amazing can't wait to see them in november..
I was blown away by their performance at the Mercury Awards .. exciting x
a different taste from my usual indie and acoustic, but i've warmed to it! Great performance. Love the depth in the poetry.. bold and edgy!
these guys were so good live !
What a TUNE low is!! Magnificent!!
they;re great ‚ have invented their own unique sound which is so rare these days
Congratulations Young Fathers!
An new jornra of music is bein born yaaah.
Listened live, was awesome
YES! Something new! Love it and them.!
You nailed it in that short sentence!
beautiful
Cuts me to the bone as much as Saul Williams, who I thought could not be rivalled. Love them... So very much.
FUCKING AMAZING..!!! one of the best bands right now!
Incredible. Getting the album now.
Such fucking great voices!
Is this the best band of a new generation. Away from the long line of boring same sounding dross. You've got a mix of hip hop, punk, soul and ska all wrapped up in one great package.
Great set, thanks for uploading
"Eddingburrowe" lol bless that dude, they put the fear of jebus in him with their realness
Genius!
Prince, TV on the radio, Clouddead, Why?, Beastie Boys, Wu Tang, just some of the amazing aural flavours I'm tasting and I liiiiike it
baths is great artist too!!!!
massive attack and de la soul had a baby - REJOICE!
Awesome!!!!!!
been waiting since the 15th
This is blowing up my ear drums.
still now always want to hear more
passion
The lyrics in Low tho
I said G.D.M.F.S.O.B.! Wow! I'M speechless & I'm Nag very rarely is man stuck 4 words. #Love #Respect #Props @Naguk101 Please let me know if ya'll have a gig in Edin, I'm from Fife, would love 2 catch ya'll live.Been Hip-Hop fiend since 83, right back 2 the lyricism with neck snappin beats/tune. 1Love!
If they could just follow me around and sing for me, I would be okay with it :)
just found these via a song on Ray Donovan,Very different Loving it
Young Fathers - "I Heard" why wasnt this song in the charts
They remind me a bit of TV on the Radio.
go for it men in this time of covid
wow
Nice real nice keep it UP
You really hit the nail on the head, you don't fit in here. I relate 2 that, Like Meth in Belly man rolls solo, cut off every wasteman & left with very few, 5ish(in Fife). Saw Jack Beats few yrs ago b4 that Beastie Boys 99. Shit a'int easy when Ya gotta do it solo, still man loves it, just go with the flow & I would follow ya'll 2 hell & back. Thats ma word & word is bond!
Jesus Christ, this is good
What has Edinborrowed? Want it back.
Even though I saw these guys live in Chicago and am a HUGE fan of their music, the synth line from Get Up makes me grimace.
bass face
Was Rose nervous or what. Been listening to them since Tape One and it's great to know that they refuse to stop evolving their sound.
❤
does anyone know what synth this is?
EDINBURGH ! :P
get up top track
They are taking Pi**...this is soo good...just flabbergasted:)
Is that a Parenthetical Girls sample that comes in around 3:44? From "The Weight She Fell Under," yeah? ua-cam.com/video/GIGQxQANDS0/v-deo.html
FreshAiR
An internet highlight
^^^they need to get a new presenter/interviewer this is twice iv heard him stumble through a full interview, its extremely degrading to such musical talent, an interest and background knowledge is not a hard ask!!
6:34
this still is amazorful. just saying.
Ray brought me here.
Fuckin Ace , Embras finest ....... Danny Boyle and irvine welsh have great taste......
"Edinburro" hehe
Fuckin ell.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST SONG
Am I not your boy
Alec Isseri Thank you! :)
Drummer showed up and I thought it was Larry Mullen Jr.
white boy on the drums goes hard lol
"White boy" ? Seriously music is in all colors. That's what music is diversity.
I have a bitch of a headache. "Get up" is making it worse. Have to check it later.
Check out the new KEXP they just did, it's even better than this.
keep art alive -@mrjohnalamo
yeeeeeaaaaaaaah no
Hmmm, first time I've heard them and. . . . . Struggling to feel this. I'll try again tomorrow. Sounds like a compression of 4 or 5 genres woven together . . not sure what you are going to hear next. I suppose you have to be a Teenager or in your early 20s to get off on this. Not like the MMP judges to get it wrong. Hope it grows on me. Right now this stinking like a fart in a stuck elevator.
I'd say this music is built to be a struggle for a lot of listeners. It's a feature, not a bug.
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
Well live tracks aren't normally the best way to get into a band. But that's the point, this band is their own band. They found a way to create a unique sound that isn't subjected to a genre and I give them huge credited for that. But if you're trying to get into this look up their song "I Heard" and just play the UA-cam playlist for the song. A lot of their songs take a bit of getting use to at first, but by the end of the song you can get completely into it. Their song "Get Up", which was the 3rd one they played in this video, is a perfect example of that, but like I said, try the studio version.
Not studio, meant to say album version in that last sentence.
Dude, it's the very fact that you do not know what sound they are going to play with next that DOES make them so interesting!
Nice to see a group take an established sound, mix it up, break the rules and invent something new.
Hope you do wake up in the zone that gets you diggin....
Zzzzzzx...
Americans pronouncing Edinburgh is just a mess 🤣🤣🤣
Nice real nice keep it UP