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Young Fathers are a Scottish band based in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2014, they won the Mercury Prize for their album Dead.
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| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | young-fathers |
History
Formed in Edinburgh in 2008 by Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and Graham 'G' Hastings, the group started performing in nightclubs when the band members were all in their teens.[1]
In 2012, they signed to LA-based label Anticon and released their introductory mixtapes, Tape One and Tape Two, with Tape Two winning the Scottish Album of the Year Award[2] ("The SAY Award").
The trio then signed to Big Dada and released their debut album, Dead, which was released in 2014. The album gained a lot of critical attention and went on to win the Mercury Prize. Dead entered the UK albums chart at the 35th position and topped the independent UK album chart.[3]
Following an extensive world tour the band decamped to Berlin to begin work on their second album, White Men Are Black Men Too, which was released in April 2015.[4]
In June 2017 Young Fathers played in the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre as part of M.I.A.'s Meltdown Festival.[5]
Six tracks on the T2 Trainspotting soundtrack feature Young Fathers, including "Only God Knows", written specifically for the film. In a statement the director Danny Boyle described the song as "the heartbeat for the film".[6][7]
Young Fathers' third studio album, Cocoa Sugar, was announced with the single "In My View" on 17 January 2018. The album was released on British independent label Ninja Tune on 9 March 2018.[8] The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 28, making it the band's highest-charting album.[9]
While not an overtly political band, Young Fathers have spoken about issues such as racism and the treatment of refugees[10] Due to their support of the BDS movement, the band was dropped from the 2018 Ruhrtriennale line-up.[11]
The band was featured on the FIFA 19 soundtrack. [12]
Members
- Alloysious Massaquoi was born in Liberia and moved to Edinburgh at the age of four, where he attended Boroughmuir High School.
- Kayus Bankole was born in Edinburgh to Nigerian parents. He spent several years living in Maryland and Nigeria before moving back to the city of his birth, in his teens. He went on to attend Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh, the same school as Alloysious and the two became close friends.[13] Bankole has commented that Scotland's history in relation to slavery[14] should be taught in schools to help overcome systemic racism[15][16]
- Graham "G" Hastings was born in Edinburgh and grew up in the North Edinburgh housing scheme of Drylaw.[17]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||||||
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| SCO [18] |
UK [9] |
BEL (FL) [19] |
BEL (WA) [20] |
SWI [21] |
US Heat [22] | ||||||||
| Dead |
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21 | 35 | 102 | — | — | — | ||||||
| White Men Are Black Men Too |
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19 | 41 | 95 | — | — | — | ||||||
| Cocoa Sugar |
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9 | 28 | 37 | 173 | 89 | 14 | ||||||
| Heavy Heavy |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Mixtapes
| Title | Album details |
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| Tape One |
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| Tape Two |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Straight Back on It" | 2008 | Non-album singles |
| "Automatic / Dancing Mantaray" | 2010 | |
| "Fevers Worse" | ||
| "The Guide" | 2013 | |
| "Low" | Dead | |
| "Get Up" | 2014 | |
| "Soon Come Soon" | Non-album single | |
| "Rain or Shine" | 2015 | White Men Are Black Men Too |
| "Shame" | ||
| "Only God Knows" (feat. Leith Congregational Choir) |
2017 | T2: Trainspotting |
| "Lord" | 2018 | Cocoa Sugar |
| "In My View" | ||
| "Toy" | ||
| "Border Girl / Cocoa Sugar" | Non-album single | |
| "Geronimo" | 2022 | Heavy Heavy |
| "I Saw" |
Remixes
- "Girlfriend (Young Fathers Remix)" by Phoenix from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection) (2009)
- "Nicotine Love (StraightFace Remix)" by Tricky (2014)
Guest appearances
Young Fathers were featured on "Voodoo in My Blood", track 3 of the 2016 EP Ritual Spirit by Massive Attack.[23]
Music videos
| Title | Year |
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| "Deadline" | 2012 |
| "Rumbling" | |
| "Sister" | |
| "Romance" | 2013 |
| "The Guide" | |
| "I Heard" | |
| "Queen Is Dead" | |
| "Low" | |
| "Get Up" | 2014 |
| "Shame" | 2015 |
| "Old Rock n Roll" | |
| "Lord" | 2018 |
| "In My View" | |
| "Toy" | |
| "Holy Ghost" |
References
- MacInnes, Paul (4 April 2015). "Young Fathers Tour South Africa". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Didcock, Barry (20 June 2014). "SAY Award winners Young Fathers talk friendship, hip hop and civil war". The Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (30 October 2014). "Mercury prize 2014: Young Fathers defy the odds to win". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- MacInnes, Paul (8 December 2015). "Best albums of 2015: No 9 – White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Murray, Robin (19 April 2017). "Soulwax, Young Fathers To Play M.I.A.'s Meltdown". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Minsker, Evan (24 January 2017). "Young Fathers Share New Track "Only God Knows" From T2 Trainspotting". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Robinson, Collin (10 January 2017). "Trainspotting 2 Soundtrack Revealed". Stereogum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- Daly, Rhian (17 January 2017). "Young Fathers announce new album 'Cocoa Sugar' and share new single 'In My View'". NME. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- "Official Charts - Young Fathers". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- "Young Fathers: 'Everybody has a dark side. We're all complicit…'". the Guardian. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- Alex Marshall. "Unwelcome Sound on Germany's Stages: Musicians Who Boycott Israel". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "FIFA 19 Soundtrack: This Year's Complete Playlist". BigTop40.com. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- Davidson, Gina (31 October 2014). "Young Fathers take on the world after Mercury win". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- "Slavery". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- "Young Fathers star: Scotland's slavery past should be taught in every school". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- "Young Fathers star shines a light on Scotland and slavery". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- Bravo, Amber (28 September 2012). "Young Fathers "Deadline" MP3". The Fader. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- Peaks in Scotland:
- Dead: "2014-11-02 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
- White Men Are Black Men Too: "2015-05-12 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
- Cocoa Sugar: "2018-03-16 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
- "Discografie Young Fathers Flemish". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- "Discografie Young Fathers Wallonie". Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- "Discography Young Fathers". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- "Young Fathers – Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". billboard.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- Promonews. "Massive Attack ft. Young Fathers 'Voodoo In My Blood' by Ringan Ledwidge | Videos". Promonewstv. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
External links
На других языках
[de] Young Fathers
Young Fathers sind eine Hip-Hop- und Pop-Gruppe aus Edinburgh, Schottland. 2014 gewannen sie den Mercury Music Prize für ihr Debütalbum Dead.- [en] Young Fathers
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