CASisDEAD / Famous Last Words 2xLP Vinyl

CASisDEAD 'Famous Last Words' 2xLP Vinyl

The long-awaited debut album from CASISDEAD, released on 27th October 2023 via XL Recordings. Famous Last Words is a fully realised expansion of the dystopian futurism that has captivated audiences since CAS first announced himself in 2013. Over the past decade, he’s dipped in and out of the shadows, blessing fans with cult hits while maintaining his anonymity and shunning media attention; a rejection of the spotlight that’s helped to create folklore around a rapper who’s widely regarded as one of the UK’s most inventive lyricists.

Famous Last Words is as much a sci-fi film as it is a rap record, a labyrinth of vice, crime and faded glamour. The listener steps through a portal into a realm narrated by CASISDEAD, whose command of storytelling drops you right into the underground of a city where he is the main character in a shady network of gangsters, girls and drug deals. However, Famous Last Words isn’t a story of bravado or posturing; much of the album deals in themes of loss, regret and paranoia, a persona constantly self-reflecting amongst the madness that surrounds him. The album features a carefully curated roll call of collaborators including Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Desire, and Connie Constance. The vocalists are immersed in CASISDEAD’s hallmark 80’s-inspired synthpop soundscapes, aided and abetted by a production cast that includes Stranger Things composer Kyle Dixon and ‘Italian’s Do It Better’ label founder Johnny Jewel.

Tracklisting:

A1 Do You Trust Me?
A2 A Spark
A3 Loosin'
A4 Steptronic
A5 DEADCORP
A6 Pineapple Juice

B1 I Wanna Go Home
B2 Actin' Up
B3 Sarah Connor
B4 Do You Remember What It Was Like?
B5 Marilyn
B6 Aghast 6
B7 Boys Will Be Boys

C1 Venom
C2 Traction Control
C3 The Ants
C4 Matte Grey Wrap
C5 Pat Earrings

D1 Before This
D2 Jane
D3 Sugar Free
D4 Access Denied
D5 Skydive