slowthai: Tyron [METHOD]

Why you'll love it

slowthai's second album, split into a loud first half and a reflective second, fourteen tracks in all. "feel away" with James Blake and Mount Kimbie and "nhs" are on side two.

This edition

• Fourteen tracks across two sides
• Guests include James Blake and Mount Kimbie

About the album

Tyron Frampton, the Northampton rapper who records as slowthai, named his second album after himself, and it plays like two sides of one person. Side one is all aggression and swagger, short tracks like "45 Smoke", "Cancelled" and "Mazza" that hit hard and leave quickly.

Side two is where the guard comes down: "nhs" is a gentle thank-you to Britain's health service, and "feel away", with James Blake and Mount Kimbie, is one of the most tender songs in recent UK rap. It's a record about the gap between how people see you and how you see yourself. Not many albums can go from a mosh pit to a lullaby without a gear-change; this one manages it with a flip of the record.

Tracklist

Listen

Out February 12, 2021 on Method (cat# MTHDVD2).