Young Fathers - "The Guide" (LOVED)

Rap group Young Fathers is finally back with some new tunes after their great mixtape, Tape One.

On "The Guide" they are bringing their mysterious flair and unique style to a brilliant new level. They use a entrancing beat that just circles around in your head forever, or so it feels. What they do to further this effect is with the first MC using whisper quiet vocals that just adds this atmosphere in a hip-hop song that I've never felt before. It is unbelievable how much shifting the tone of your voice down can effect the mood of a song, it's especially apparent when the other MC increases the volume with his voice, which creates a clear tension in the song. Young Fathers continues to impress in every aspect of their craft.

Check a review of TAPE ONE right here:

Amenra- "Nowena I 9.10"

Some very intense and haunting sludge metal here from Belgium's Amenra.

I really cannot stress enough just how haunting this song is. The vocals are filled with a sort of furious pain that sounds so distant like it is being sucked up by the instrumentation, but not in such a way that it feels drowned out due to the mixing. While the music provides a tension that feels unparalleled with a progression that reminds me of Mogwai the tension is somehow furthered by the visuals. The video is a bizarre clay stop motion piece that will be in my dreams for quite a while from the creepy clay figures to the actual content of the video itself. Tense and painful are the two main thoughts I associate with this track and it is done very well.