Mongrel // Better Than Heavy
Mongrel - Better Than Heavy
Imagine this, vocalist Jon McClure along with keyboard and horns man Joe Moskow both from Reverend and the Makers joining forces with such artists as, vocalist Lowkey, Arctic Monkeys’ bassist Andy Nicholson and Babyshambles’ guitarist’s Drew McConnell in order to create a chart topping fantasy band…Well it’s only gone and happened and as a collective they call themselves Mongrel. As if the line up of the band wasn’t enough, for their debut album 'Better Than Heavy’ they have collaborated with 20 of the finest names in the UK hip-hop scene on various tracks and also use 16 of the 20 artists on one track 'All Your Ever Afters’. This bizarre concoction of artists is not only braking down the genre barriers of the UK music scene, but together they are tackling issues on this album that are pretty key right now, politically and economically speaking; this album is like a breath of fresh air pointing out the flaws of the UK today and how we can all join together to change things, also on a happier note celebrating everything that is good about the UK. The album was mixed and dubbed by Adrian Sherwood of ON-U-SOUND and features artists like Mpho, Pariz 1, Logic, Skinny Man, Wordplay, Frantic Frank, Doc Brown and more, so you better go get on board with Mongrel before you get left behind!
8/10 Nawaza
Imagine this, vocalist Jon McClure along with keyboard and horns man Joe Moskow both from Reverend and the Makers joining forces with such artists as, vocalist Lowkey, Arctic Monkeys’ bassist Andy Nicholson and Babyshambles’ guitarist’s Drew McConnell in order to create a chart topping fantasy band…Well it’s only gone and happened and as a collective they call themselves Mongrel. As if the line up of the band wasn’t enough, for their debut album ‘Better Than Heavy’ they have collaborated with 20 of the finest names in the UK hip-hop scene on various tracks and also use 16 of the 20 artists on one track ‘All Your Ever Afters’. This bizarre concoction of artists is not only braking down the genre barriers of the UK music scene, but together they are tackling issues on this album that are pretty key right now, politically and economically speaking; this album is like a breath of fresh air pointing out the flaws of the UK today and how we can all join together to change things, also on a happier note celebrating everything that is good about the UK. The album was mixed and dubbed by Adrian Sherwood of ON-U-SOUND and features artists like Mpho, Pariz 1, Logic, Skinny Man, Wordplay, Frantic Frank, Doc Brown and more, so you better go get on board with Mongrel before you get left behind!
8/10 Nawaza
