Young Fathers on playing with Depeche Mode and the “community” of ‘Heavy Heavy’
nme.comYoung Fathers have spoken to NME about their 2023 Mercury Prize shortlisted album ‘Heavy Heavy‘, playing with Depeche Mode and the “abundance” of ideas they have for their next album.
Watch our interview with the band above.Having already won the Mercury Prize back in 2014 for their debut album ‘Dead’, the Scottish trio of Kayus Bankole, Alloysious Massaquoi and Graham G Hastings find themselves nominated again for their 2023 fourth album ‘Heavy Heavy’ – a record they told NME was driven by “sense of togetherness”.“When we were making the songs, we recorded a lot of music, and the thread that held all the songs together was this communal aspect,” said Hastings at the launch of the prize yesterday (Thursday July 27). “Strangely we recorded this in a studio in a basement with no windows, just the three of us.
That helped us punch out of the room and make a record that sounded like a bunch of people being together.“We were reacting in moments, rather than going down a typical songwriting avenue.
We’ve known each other 21 years now, so we’re all very comfortable in telling each other if something is good or something is bad.
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