On February 3, 2023, “Ninja Tune” label released “Heavy Heavy”, the fourth Young Fathers studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Out of the Blue” in Leith, Scotland, “Narcissus Studio” in London, “Northwind” in Durban, South Africa, and was produced by Graham “G” Hastings At the 2023 “Mercury Prize”, the album won the “Scottish Album of the Year Award”.
Personnel:
- Alloysious Massaquoi – vocals, toms, percussion
- Graham “G” Hastings – vocals, percussion, piano, organ, Vox Continental, Transcendent, Jasper, Korg Minipops, Boss PC-2, Mellotron, Syntrx, ER-1 drum machine
- Kayus Bankole – vocals, percussion
- Liam Hutton – drums, percussion, talking drum, timpani, bin with chains
- Iain Berryman – guitar, bazouki, piano, percussion
- Richard Adlam – drums, programming
- Hal Ritson – keyboards, programming
- Raven Bush – strings
- Tapiwa Mambo – vocals
- Toyiz Mchunu – vocals
- Nomasonto Mthembu – vocals
- Anele Mthembu – vocals
- Nonhlanhla Mhlongo – vocals
- Graham “G” Hastings – engineer
- Iain Berryman – engineer, mixing, additional production
- Drew Dungate-Smith – additional engineering
- Kristian Donaldson – additional engineering
- Niklas Fairclough – additional engineering
- Andrea Cozzaglio – engineer assistant
- Sophie Ellis – engineer assistant
- Ben Baptie – mixing
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Hingston Studio – design, art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted.
- Rice
- I Saw
- Drum
- Tell Somebody
- Geronimo
- Shoot Me Down
- Ululation – Kayus Bankole, Graham “G” Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi, Tapiwa Mambo
- Sink or Swim
- Holy Moly
- Be Your Lady
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