Credit: Crowns & Owls
Words: Ellie Ward
BBC Sound of 2019 nominee slowthai - aka Northampton-raised rapper Tyron Frampton - has revealed a new single from his forthcoming debut album, 'Nothing Great About Britain', out May 17 via True Panther Records/Method Records.
'Gorgeous', a coming-of-age tale, precedes his US live debut with shows in Los Angeles and New York in June.
'Nothing Great About Britain' is a personal and searing account of fighting social and financial adversity, and grappling with the personal and political experiences of life in Britain. The eldest of three, slowthai grew up single-handedly raised by single teenage mother in declining prospects and suffered through his brother's passing, his uncle's struggle with addiction, and watching his step-father hustle to make ends meet.
He knew he wanted the record to speak candidly about his upbringing on the council estates of Northampton, and for it to advocate for community in a country increasingly mired in fear and insularity. Explaining his experience growing up in Britain and the inspiration behind the album, he says:
"It's basically my experience of growing up [in the UK]; of having a family that were immigrants originally, of the stories they've told me, of my childhood and how I've lived my life. Through it, I've gone on a journey of explaining how everything I was chasing to make me feel good only clouded my judgement. And it took me going through a ton of shit to realise that none of these things - no money, no drugs, no fake relationships - is gonna make me happy, or make me a good person."
'Nothing Great About Britain" tracklist:
1. Nothing Great About Britain
2. Doorman
3. Dead Leaves
4. Gorgeous
5. Crack
6. Grow Up feat. Jaykae
7. Inglorious feat. Skepta
8. Toaster
9. Peace of Mind
10. Missing
11. Northampton's Chxild
Live dates
MARCH
29 Bristol, SWX Bristol
30 Liverpool, 6 Music Festival By Night, Liverpool Guild of Students
31 Brighton, Concorde 2
APRIL
01 London, York Hall Sold Out
MAY
30-Jun 02 Barcelona, Primavera Sound
JUNE
08-09 Manchester, Heaton Park, Parklife Festival
19 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
21 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
26-30 Glastonbury Festival
JULY
12-13 London, Lovebox Festival
25-28 Kendal Calling
AUGUST
07-10 Oslo, Oyafestivalen Festival
22-25 Reading Festival
22-25 Leeds Festival
22-25 Lincoln, Lost Village
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