While slowthai’s debut, Nothing Great About Britain, had focused his punkish energy and confirmed him as a righteous voice for a forgotten generation, his gaze turns inward on TYRON, adopting his lyric book as a diary once again. The album is split into two halves of seven tracks each: the first half spelled out in caps lock, with all its implied yelling, and the lower-case second half providing softer moments, with a bed of pop samples and gentle guitar licks beneath slowthai’s spittle-flecked reflections. Four of these second-half tracks were recorded in 2019 and the first months of 2020, while the bulk of the first half was recorded after the disastrous awards show, and the declaration of the pandemic.
A1 | 45 SMOKE |
A2 | CANCELLED |
A3 | MAZZA |
A4 | VEX |
A5 | WOT |
A6 | DEAD |
A7 | PLAY WITH FIRE |
B1 | i tried |
B2 | focus |
B3 | terms |
B4 | push |
B5 | nhs |
B6 | feel away |
B7 | adhd |