Sound of Rum – Icarus
Every week TOW plays two songs for the brilliant Tom Robinson on his BBC 6 Music Introducing show… here are our picks from this week’s show:
Flipping heck. First of all it’s not often you hear someone ‘spittin’ rhymes’ about Icarus… but Kate Tempest does and it’s bloody brilliant. Kate’s the fast rapping frontwoman of this band, signed to Sunday Best (Rob da Bank knows a good thing when he sees one) their debut album Balance is a wholly excellent listen. There’s a white vinyl edition too – how cool is that? Oh and we’ve not even begun to namecheck all the DUDES who think Kate rocks: Roots Manuva: ‘her works are truly of upliftment and betterment’ and Scroobius Pip: ‘It astounds me. Her writing is epic, her delivery piercing, and with the addition of her band her potential is realised. Inspirational’…
Barbara Panther – Moonlight People
We here at TOW towers are absolutely mind-blown by Barbara Panther’s self-titled debut album, which is out on May 16th on City Slang. Barbara was born in Rwanda and grew up in Brussels, Belgium, before making her home in Berlin five years ago – did we hear a German inflection in her voice? Thought so! Oh, and she’s worked with Matthew Herbert on this record too. Turn your headphones up and feast on this, the new single Moonlight People…