The Eaters 10th album is a landmark in grown up and socially aware hip hop from Scotland for these turbulent times.
The album is a vast spectrum of sounds all underpinned by a heavily industrial electronic beat.
Parenthood has tuned the band into the social injustices and environmental challenges the next generation is facing. So, after a near 20-year apprenticeship, and a small but loyal international following and over 100 recorded tracks the band has finally acknowledged that the time has come to overcome their aversion to publicising their work and reach a wider audience and pressed this album on vinyl which is avaliable here for a very reasonable price:
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The Astronomer’s Office is their career high so far with every track crafted to stand alone as a single. Based in Fife and Edinburgh, Eaters are four men who should be setting a better example to their kids - if Aldous Huxley and Stanley Kubrick made hip hop it would probably sound a bit like Eaters.
Tuck Pendleton / Watchmaker
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