KMD - Black Bastards (2LP Red) 2024-09 Use Your Illusion II demonstrated

Use Your Illusion II demonstrated a new-found musical maturity

bassist Elizabeth Hart found making music to be her only outlet in a time where people were unable to be physically together to mourn

half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang

I See You is recognizably still The xx but is now powered by the voluble ambition of its three perfect counterweights to one another starting to not just realize but harness their full potential

Blur's first UK top ten hit

KMD - Black Bastards (2LP Red) 2024-09 Use Your Illusion II demonstrated2LP, Red Vinyl, Gatefold Rhymesayers Entertainment (2023) US Following their 1991 debut album, Mr. Hood, KMD shed one member leaving two remaining Subroc and his brother, Zev Love X (better known today as MF DOOM). Originally scheduled for release in 1994, their sophomore album Black Bastards showed clear progression from their debut. It was a truly amazing record, both sonically and lyrically, full of youthful creativity and tinged with the stresses