Egyptian Hip Hop
Mon 6 Jul 2009
Teen Creeps
Egyptian Hip Hop is a teenaged four-piece psychedelic band from Manchester with a penchant for Cairo, 50 Cent and MS Paint. I found them while researching Neon Indian. Both bands’ sounds swathed in spacey synths, have been compared by Fader magazine. While Egyptian Hip Hop’s sound is a bit more fragmented and unsettled than Neon Indian’s chilled out euphoria, their songs (and only known recordings so far) ‘Heavenly’ and ‘Rad Pitt’ show a young enthusiasm for otherness and a gripping talent beginning to emerge. In their song ‘Heavenly’ they use sort of naff ’90s keyboard sounds with monotone singing styles and shattering, harsh drum machine rhythms. The song was played on Steve Lamacq’s infamous Radio 1 show in late April this year, obviously thrilling the band, who said, “he said it was impressive or something”. The cute and catchy cloudy pop of ‘Rad Pitt’ show their affected, youthful vocals are steeped in a much harsher reality than Neon Indian’s dreamlike bliss, but the hopeful adolescence shining through in the gritty guitar lines show this is a young band full of promise. The band is playing a few shows around England this month, if you live there I recommend checking them out!
Egyptian Hip Hop- Rad Pitt: MP3
Posted by Sarah Gooding under Manchester, UK
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