Kneecap Announce Debut Album 'Fine Art' With New Single Sick In The Head
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Sarah Ellis
Kneecap have laid out plans for their debut album.
The Irish hip hop trio, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, will drop 'Fine Art' through Heavenly Recordings on June 14.
Produced by Toddla T, it boasts contributions from Lankum's Radie Peat, London artist Jelani Blackman, and Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C. who features on their 2023 single Better Way To Live. As a further preview, Kneecap have dropped a new punchy rap track, Sick In The Head. The group said:
"When working on the album we had periods of great productivity but also periods with a total lack of anything creatively.
"Towards the end of recording we hit a proper wall and this is the result. Our mental health was being tested and we said fuck it it we’re doomed to mental torture we want to have some money to get through it. We’ve had enough of it while being broke round Belfast."
Head below to view the single's video, directed by Peadar Ó Goill. Kneecap said of the clip: "We're in the centre of a sweaty mosh pit mid-gig in a dark warehouse room. This pit represents emotional state, from fucked up and chaotic to moments of clarity and calmness. The warehouse offers escape - from the mundane... for the marginalised."
The news follows their recent success at the Sundance Film Festival with their forthcoming Rich Peppiatt-directed self-titled, semi-autobiographical biopic starring Michael Fassbender.
Kneecap have also confirmed new UK tour dates for the autumn, which will follow North American dates this spring, and a number of festival appearances this summer, including slots at Reading andLeeds.
Tickets for the UK shows go on general sale at 10am on Friday (February 23).
'Fine Art' tracklist:
1. 3CAG [featruing Radie Peat]
2. Fine Art
3. I bhFiacha Linne
4. I’m Flush
5. Better Way To Live [featuring. Grian Chatten]
6. Sick In The Head
7. Love Making
8. Drug Dealin Pagans
9. Harrow Road [featuring Jelani Blackman]
10. Parful
11. Rhino Ket
12. Way Too Much
Kneecap Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon March 18 2024 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Foundry at the Fillmore Philadelphia (USA)
Thu March 21 2024 - TORONTO - Axis Club (USA)
Sat March 23 2024 - BROOKLYN New York - Warsaw (USA)
Tue March 26 2024 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Baltimore Cabaret (Canada)
Wed March 27 2024 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Baltimore Cabaret (Canada)
Thu March 28 2024 - SEATTLE Washington - Barboza (USA)
Sat March 30 2024 - OAKLAND California - New Parish (USA)
Tue April 02 2024 - SAN DIEGO California - Voodoo Room at House of Blues San Diego. (USA)
Thu April 04 2024 - LOS ANGELES California - Echoplex (USA)
Thu July 18 2024 - GALWAY Festival Big Top
Thu November 14 2024 - SHEFFIELD Foundry [NEW]
Fri November 15 2024 - MANCHESTER New Century Hall [NEW]
Sat November 16 2024 - GLASGOW Barrowlands [NEW]
Tue November 19 2024 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City [NEW]
Wed November 20 2024 - BRISTOL SXW [NEW]
Thu November 21 2024 - LONDON O2 Forum [NEW]
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