SAM AKPRO SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE
‘DEATH BY ENTERTAINMENT’
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OUT NOW VIA ANTI
PLAYS PITCHFORK PARIS NOVEMBER 9
Sam Akpro – Photo Credit Holly Whitaker
“Sam Akpro songs are magnificent collages that fuse together elements from all kinds of styles and eras to create something truly individual.” – The Line of Best Fit
“An artist with intensity at his core” – NME
“The musician continues to push against sonic boundaries, melding together jagged rhythms with dizzying guitars to produce something entirely unique.” – DIY
Sam Akpro joins forces with ANTI to unveil his collar-grabbing new single ‘Death By Entertainment’. This post-punk hellion is a new kind of beast from the London-born artist, a far more melodic turn primed to whip up the mosh pits that await him after the success and wide critical acclaim of his EP released earlier this year, Arrival. With a performance on the horizon at this month’s Pitchfork Festival Paris following appearances at Green Man Festival and Outbreak Fest where he shared a bill with Death Grips and Denzel Curry, Sam Akpro is raring to shift his momentum into a new gear.
Watch ‘Death By Entertainment’ video: https://youtu.be/
“This song is about the numbing feeling of repeating the same day again and again, and how we entertain ourselves to death just to get through it – an easy cop-out from actually thinking or changing a situation,” explains Akpro. The guitars haemorrhage with feedback, and the bass – the kind you feel rattle your bones – carries the urgency of a heartbeat. It’s all a head-first collision that brings us his most danceable offering so far without compromising on the raw-nerved, experimental flair which earned him his accolades.
‘Death By Entertainment’ follows on from the impact of his subversive second EP Arrival, which drew from post-rock to jazz through to dub, reggae and no-wave found to find fans The Line of Best Fit, DIY, So Young, NME, DMY, Clash, Notion
