One of the most exciting and crucial acts right now, Irish rap trio KNEECAP have today announced details of their debut album, Fine Art.
Released on Heavenly Recordings on June 14 and produced by Toddla T, the 12-track album, which seamlessly merges Irish with English and satire with socially conscious lyrics, is fiercely intelligent, consistently hilarious and genuinely thought-provoking. Theirs is a voice which comes screaming from the too-often deprived areas of the North of Ireland, speaking in a language which is too-often ignored.
The trio of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, who recently took this year’s Sundance Film Festival by storm with their self-titled Rich Peppiatt directed semi-biopic film starring Michael Fassbender, have today also shared the video for “Sick In The Head”, the latest track to be taken from the album.
The sound of the Wu Tang’s 36 Chambers hidden behind a doorway on the Falls Road, “Sick In The Head” features a chugging old school hip hop groove and dual voices frustrated at reaching the ends of both their overdrafts and their tethers. Talking about the track, KNEECAP said:
“When working on the album we had periods of great productivity but also periods with a total lack of anything creatively. Towards the end of recording we hit a proper wall and this is the result. Our mental health was being tested and we said f*ck it it we’re doomed to mental torture we want to have some money to get through it. We’ve had enough of it while being broke round Belfast.”
Watch the video for “Sick In The Head” HERE
Listen to “Sick In The Head” via all platforms HERE
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Mar 13-15 – SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 17 – MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA (w/ Dropkick Murphys)
Mar 18 – Foundry, Philadelphia, PA (w/ Revival Season) – SOLD OUT
Mar 21 – Axis Club, Toronto, ON (w/ Revival Season)
Mar 23 – Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY (w/ Revival Season) – SOLD OUT
Mar 26 – Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC (w/ Revival Season) – SOLD OUT
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Mar 28 – Neumos, Seattle, WA (w/ Revival Season)
Mar 30 – New Parish, Oakland, CA (w/ Revival Season)
Apr 02 – Voodoo Room, San Diego, CA (w/ Revival Season)
Apr 04 – Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Revival Season)
Jun 15 – Bergenfest, Bergen, NO
Jul 05 – Rock Werchter, Werchter, BE
Jul 11 – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, ES
Jul 13 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, NE
Jul 18 – Heineken Big Top, Galway, IE
Jul 20 – Super Bock Festival, Lisbon, PT
Aug 23 – Reading Festival, UK
Aug 24 – Leeds Festival, UK
Nov 14 – Foundry, Sheffield, UK
Nov 15 – New Century Hall, Manchester, UK
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Nov 19 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Nov 20 – SXW, Bristol, UK
Nov 21 – O2 Forum, London, UK
