CASISDEAD

Famous Last Words


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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.
Tracklist
  1. Do You Trust Me?
  2. A Spark
  3. Loosin’
  4. Steptronic
  5. DEADCORP
  6. Pineapple Juice
  7. I Wanna Go Home
  8. Actin’ Up
  9. Sarah Connor
  10. Do You Remember What It Was Like?
  11. Marilyn
  12. Aghast 6
  13. Boys Will Be Boys
  14. Venom
  15. Traction Control
  16. The Ants
  17. Matte Grey Wrap
  18. Pat Earrings
  19. Before This
  20. Jane
  21. Sugar Free
  22. Access Denied
  23. Skydive