Raps About Tony Blair, Synths About Vikings
Plus two more intimate hip-hop albums and a high-energy new DJ-Kicks mix.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week we’ve got a Must Hear from a young rapper telling vivid tales about Gen Z Britain, plus two stateside lyricists reaching for intimacy and self-improvement. Also, Andy puts us onto the super-rare genre of synth wizards making electronic music about Vikings!? Loading up The Last Kingdom for a rewatch, stat.
