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Young Fathers

国家/地区: 英国
流派: 嘻哈音乐
获奖: 水星音乐奖（英国）（2014）

介绍

Young Fathers，苏格兰另类嘻哈乐团，成立于2008年。他们在爱丁堡创作了他们的第一张专辑《不可思议的儿童》，在制作人蒂莫西·伦敦的工作室录制了，由黑糖记录发行，获得一致好评。他们将自己定位为“迷幻嘻哈男孩乐队”，花了未来三年在英国和欧洲巡回演出。在此期间，他们推出另一支单曲《自动》。2011年末离开了黑糖记录。整个2012年他们在各处举办音乐会。2014年发行了首张录音室专辑《死》，将硬核的拍子、空灵的唱腔、欧洲民谣的风格融合在一起。同年获水星音乐奖。

乐团成员Alloysious Massaquoi来自利比里亚，4岁时移居爱丁堡。Kayus Bankole的父母是尼日利亚人，在爱丁堡出生，但早年在马利兰州住过一段时间，十多岁时回到爱丁堡。'G' Hastings来自爱丁堡北部的德莱劳地区。

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Young Fathers are a Scottish progressive hip-hop group formed in Edinburgh in 2008. Their second EP, Tape Two (2013), won the Scottish Album of the Year Award. In 2014, they won the Mercury Prize for their debut album Dead. A second album, White Men Are Black Men Too, followed in 2015. Their third album, Cocoa Sugar (2018), peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and earned the band their second Scottish Album of the Year Award. Their fourth album, Heavy Heavy, was released in 2023 and earned the band their third Scottish Album of the Year Award. The band composed the soundtrack for the 2025 horror film 28 Years Later.

History

Formed in Edinburgh in 2000s by Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and Graham 'G' Hastings, the group started performing in nightclubs when the band members were all in their teens. In 2005, the trio released a single under the name 3Style prior to becoming Young Fathers in 2008.

In 2012, they signed to LA-based label Anticon and released their introductory mixtapes, Tape One and Tape Two, with Tape Two winning the Scottish Album of the Year Award ("The SAY Award").

The trio then signed to Big Dada and released their debut album, Dead, which was released in 2014. The album gained critical attention and went on to win the Mercury Prize. Dead entered the UK albums chart at number 35 and topped the independent UK album chart.

Following an extensive world tour the band decamped to Berlin to begin work on their second album, White Men Are Black Men Too, which was released in April 2015. It peaked at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart.

In June 2017 Young Fathers played in the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre as part of M.I.A.'s Meltdown Festival.

Six tracks on the T2 Trainspotting soundtrack feature Young Fathers, including "Only God Knows", written specifically for the film. In a statement the director Danny Boyle described the song as "the heartbeat for the film".

Young Fathers' third studio album, Cocoa Sugar, was announced with the single "In My View" on 17 January 2018. The album was released on British independent label Ninja Tune on 9 March 2018. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 28, making it the band's highest-charting album. It won the Scottish Album of the Year Award for 2018.

The trio released their fourth studio album, Heavy Heavy, via Ninja Tune on 3 February 2023. The album peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart, won the Scottish Album of the Year Award, earned the band three Brit Award nominations and was also shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.

While not an overtly political band, Young Fathers have spoken about issues such as racism and the treatment of refugees. Due to their support of the BDS movement, the band was dropped from the 2018 Ruhrtriennale line-up.

The band were featured on the FIFA 19 and FIFA 23 soundtracks, with the songs "Border Girl" and "Rice" respectively.

In May 2025, the group announced that they had composed the score for Danny Boyle's horror sequel 28 Years Later. The film was released in the UK on 20 June 2025 to positive reviews.