UGLY (an acronym for “U gotta love yourself”) is a powerful, cohesive record of painful honesty and cheeky-chappy charm, the sound of a man who is on a path. Although he’s always been known as a rapper, Slowthai recently told Rolling Stone that he’d always wanted to be in a rock band but felt ostracised by that community as a young man. Here he reclaims the territory, working with super-producer Dan Carey, who’s behind a glut of cool, successful bands – Fontaines DC, Wet Leg, Squid, Black Midi. Extremely un-rap, you might say. It’s a masterstroke as far as Slowthai is concerned, channelling his unruly emotions and disdain for things like formal therapy into punk howls and thoughtful, philosophical verses underpinned by roiling guitars.
| A1 | Yum |
| A2 | Selfish |
| A3 | Sooner |
| A4 | Feel Good |
| A5 | Never Again |
| A6 | Fuck It Puppet |
| B7 | Happy |
| B8 | Ugly |
| B9 | Falling |
| B10 | Wotz Funny |
| B11 | Tourniquet |
| B12 | 25% Club |
