Young Fathers: KCRW Live from HQ

Intimate performances, fresh sounds, and candid conversations with a view.

Written by Marion Hodges Jul. 16, 2024

“Young Fathers is one of those bands I use to describe the ambition of KCRW,” asserts DJ and former Music Director Chris Douridas. “A band core to the sound of our relevancy, to the urgency, and our wanting to be living on the edge as a new music station. Early in my time here it was Massive Attack, then came TV on the Radio, now it’s these guys — multi-racial, genreless, rooted in possibility, heavy heavy underpinnings, hip-hop leaning.”

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Emerging from Scotland in the late-2000s, Young Fathers nabbed the Mercury Prize in 2014 for their debut LP DEAD. Resistant to categorization, their use of dissonant guitars, oddly constructed hip-hop bars, misplaced gospel runs, and crunchy electronics deliver an end result that’ll throw you off of your axis. Click into the video above to witness the sonic alchemy for yourself as they bring choice cuts from their acclaimed 2023 LP Heavy Heavy like “Rice,“ “Geronimo,” and “I Saw” to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio.

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Credits:
KCRW Music Director: Anne Litt
Director / Editor / Colorist: Angie Scarpa
Director of Photography: Vice Cooler
Camera Operators: Vice Cooler, Kylie Hazzard, Angie Scarpa
KCRW Recording / Mix Engineer: Hope Brush
Assistant Engineers: Katie Gilchrest (Front of House), Nick Lampone
Executive Producer: Ariana Morgenstern
Producers: Anna Chang and Liv Surnow
Digital Producer: Marion Hodges
Digital Editorial Manager: Andrea Domanick
Lighting Design: Jason Groman
Art Director: Evan Solano

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