D-Kel and Los Bandidos – Racket/Cold Island
D-Kel and Los Bandidos
Release Date: Out Now
Sometimes you throw the dice and it
lands on six and a half. South London collective D-Kel and Los Bandidos are a
solid six with that extra half on the side which makes them a really interesting
and exciting prospect. The first of these two tracks opens with the 100mph
rapping of frontman D-Kel as ‘Racket’ burns in to life but then the rock’n’roll
guitars and punchy drums kick in and this whole thing gets spun on it’s head. ‘Racket’
exists in the space between Rage Against the Machine, the Streets, Mike Skinners
jams with Muse, Prophets of Rage and Stormzy but all with a Sarf Lahndan accent
and a flat cap. The band dress like mods AND rockers, sound like a West Coast
Rap-Rock band and have a punk ethos which is a pretty neat package.
The second track is the bilingual
assault of ‘Cold Island’ which starts with the heavy guitars this time which
are more like Royal Blood before the perky, indie-pop chorus drops and then the
drums crash in hard. Honestly, there’s a lot going on here and it’s almost too
much but I love the ideas, the energy, the boldness and the authenticity of
four lads bringing their influences together and mashing up the styles. The
future of music? Quite possibly.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/dkelandlosbandidos/
Live Dates:
25th October – Dublin Castle,
London
30th November – R-Fest
Winter 2019 @ Retro, Manchester
Watch the Video for 'Racket':