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Young Fathers: Strange Fruit

Stevie Chick, Uncut, March 2018

Misshapen, hard to market, but full of flavour, Young Fathers are the Mercury-winning Edinburgh anti-rappers versed in "Mistakeology" and allergic to "cunts" in the press. Just back from Japan and holed up in an ex-brothel, could they be planning an assault on the mainstream? "This time, being 'normal' was avant-garde for us," they tell Stevie Chick.

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