Mo Chara\u2019s court case<\/a> after being accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag. He compares suppression of Palestinian solidarity with the Troubles: \u201cThe fenian in me thinks it\u2019s quite clear to see. The Brits are at it again, repeating history.\u201d <\/p>\nYou can hear the righteous anger in\u00a0Palestine,\u00a0even if you can\u2019t understand the words (it\u2019s in Gaelic and Arabic from Palestinian rapper Fawzi), although there\u2019s no mistaking the message of\u00a0Liar\u2019s Tale,\u00a0a rave anthem in which they accuse Keir Starmer of being \u201cNetanyahu\u2019s bitch\u201d alongside some more unprintable insults. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the ominous\u00a0Occupied 6\u00a0goes back to violence under the British presence in Northern Ireland. \u201cYou\u2019d be taken out of your bed in your UB40 pyjamas by three men in woolly balaclavas,\u201d they rap, before things get much, much worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t all deadly serious. Over a skittering electro beat,\u00a0Big Bad Mo\u00a0laughs at the fuss around what amounts to two rappers and a former teacher seeing what they can get away with, with Chara pointing out: \u201cAs soon as you\u2019re outraged, we\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0Headcase\u00a0details the story of a local bad boy with limited opportunities \u2014 \u201cdouble shots and trouble\u2019s all he\u2019s got\u201d \u2014 while\u00a0An Ra\u00a0is a portrait of the United Kingdom so insulting as to be preposterous. \u201cVery grateful for sharing your culture with us. Jimmy Savile and HP Sauce,\u201d goes a typical line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the court case, Kneecap were a rebellious cult concern known chiefly for taking a pop at the DUP and rapping about the Troubles from a safe distance. Now they\u2019re an international\u00a0cause c\u00e9l\u00e9bre\u00a0and the anger, confidence and sophistication on this returning album, which takes in rave, rap and a touch of Eighties electro, makes you realise: if the provocation was a ruse, it has worked wonders.\u00a0(Heavenly)
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