young fathers

A heady and raucous dive into a paradoxically utopian and dystopian soundworld; setting new standards for all who follow in their musical slipstream, every new album is a fresh awakening.

 Despite having established such incontrovertible benchmarks from their very first EPs (released via Anticon) and winning the 2014 Mercury Music Prize for their debut, ‘Dead’, 2023 feels very much like it’s been their year. The Edinburgh trio’s 4th album has received resounding acclaim and they’re selling out bigger venues than ever as the word of mouth continues to spread on their ebullient live shows - everyone should get themselves a fix of the sharp and zealous Young Fathers experience.

“‘Heavy Heavy’ pushes the physical intensity of their early work to a fervent extreme...more massive, more explosive and more earnest than ever before” – The Quietus

‘Heavy Heavy’ is yet another masterpiece, in an unfaltering 12 year catalogue. It’s a soulful and heartfelt yet clamorous record where the drums are very much front and centre to drive the potent rhythms into our very core. It explores and emulates the rush of emotion reached at the end of a struggle - the sense of fulfilment resulting from toil and hard graft.

An unignorable tour de force in a world full of relentless noise and distraction - the singularity, focus and intensity of their delivery cuts right through everything. They just make you feel so......ALIVE!

“Hear the beat of the drums and go numb.
Have fun, go on!”

For Fans Of: Algiers / Gabriels / Fuck Buttons / Mount Kimbie / Jamie XX / Ghostpoet

INDOMITABLE - RAW - INGENIOUS - FORCEFUL- EXULTANT

"Another Young Fathers album. Another album of the year! Each release has had me proclaim “it’s amazing but it’s not as good as the last one” and then, over the subsequent months, it becomes my new favourite. I’ve now concluded they’re ALL my equal favourite coz they literally can’t put a foot wrong - either in the studio or on stage (where they reign supreme). The absolute demon masters of making the most adrenalising sonic tonic known to these ears." - Nat

“Their 4th album is a joy: multi- layered rhythms with combative beats and urgent, low vocals for maximum impact!" - Jude