Albums of the Year 2014 - February: Young Fathers, Sun Kill Moon, St Vincent

                               

                                 
                                 January Two Thousand and Fourteen

Continuing on from the political-pop and experimental electonica - we sashay into Mercury Prize territory.

Young Fathers, a Scottish trio and the unexpected winners of this year's prize unleashed a bold album of left-field hip-hop, and while the production may lack in polish, the brash potency of the lyrics and the fascination of the beats & melodies by far make up for that discrepancy. It is crisp, angry and bursting with life.

February was also the month that saw the release of Sun Kill Moon's latest - Benji, personally I didn't love this - it's fine, and finally St Vincent's new self-titled. I struggle with St Vincent, feeling like fundamentally I should be so on board with her sound and her persona but ultimately finding the entire package much too contrived and self-aware. Maybe next time...

Check out some absolute BANGERS from Young Father's award winning debut LOW, right here - just click play.

So, thoughts? Feelings? Unleash them all in the comments below!

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Next up... March... :)

Kate x