CASISDEAD

The man in the mask has been dropping grime and neon-caked hip-hop heaters for the past decade, now he's finally gifting us with the debut album we've desperately sought - if you haven't cranked 'Pat Earrings' yet, sort it out! 'Famous Last Words' is as much a sci-fi film as it is a rap record, a labyrinth of vice, crime and faded glamour.

The listener steps through a portal into a realm narrated by CASISDEAD, whose command of storytelling drops you right into the underground of a city where he is the main character in a shady network of gangsters, girls and drug deals. However, 'Famous Last Words' isn’t a story of bravado or posturing; much of the album deals in themes of loss, regret and paranoia, a persona constantly self-reflecting amongst the madness that surrounds him. The album features a carefully curated roll call of collaborators including Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Desire, and Connie Constance. The vocalists are immersed in CASISDEAD’s hallmark 80’s-inspired synthpop soundscapes, aided and abetted by a production cast that includes Stranger Things composer Kyle Dixon and ‘Italian’s Do It Better’ label founder Johnny Jewel.