Hype Williams - Fear & Loathing In East London

Hype Williams, the band, is named after the film maker responsible for Belly. Starring rappers Nas and DMX, it was a hyper-stylised, Nihilist mess and this London duo borrow its finer traits, its strut and loathing. From beneath a medicated haze they lace twanging Americana with seams of swaggering dread. They are Bobby Peru made music. On their song 'Karen Hates The Forest', they take a swipe at the avant-garde prattle of bands who indulge in 'mystical shit.' "It's got too much reverb and no...

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