Neil guests on debut CASISDEAD album

[Dog]

https://northerntransmissions.com/casis ... BJ4DdECNxc

CASISDEAD will release their debut studio album entitled Famous Last Words, on October 27th via XL Recordings. The LP features collaborators including Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Connie Constance, Kamio and Desire.

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 producer, composer and Italians Do It Better label founder Johnny Jewel. Meanwhile, actors Ed Skrein and Emma Rigby’s narrative.

Ahead of the album’s release, CASISDEAD has shared releases a brand new single “Matte Grey Wrap”. Featuring Megan Louise and Johnny Jewel’s Desire project.

CASISDEAD
Famous Last Words
27th October 2023
XL Recordings

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

CASISDEAD 2023 UK Tour Dates

29/10 – Rough Trade Nottingham instore
30/10 – Rough Trade Bristol outstore @ Strange Brew
31/10 – Rough Trade East in store
2/11 – Koko, London

[DopeFiend]

Good stuff! Looking forward to it.
Last track in the album is a nice honor, in my opinion.

Curious how this all came about.

[TallThinMan]

23 tracks? Is it a double album, or are the songs just very short?

[raggatwin]

23 tracks? Is it a double album, or are the songs just very short?

Double vinyl

[raggatwin]

Cassisdead...the brains behind the brilliant Pete and Bas

https://youtu.be/1e5oKp-tCY4?feature=shared

[stussyboy]

Very intrigued by this one

[psbfannyc]

https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2023-09-19/casisdead

"The debut studio album by UK rapper Casisdead, “Famous Last Words”, will be released on October 27th. The final track on the album, “Skydive”, features lyrics and vocals by Neil Tennant who recorded his contribution two years ago after a request from Casisdead. Neil describes the track as “elegiac”."

https://djmag.com/news/casisdead-announ ... rds-listen
https://shop.xlrecordings.com/release/4 ... last-words

[rashomon]

Very intriguing ... def look forward to this one.

[Dog]

Out tomorrow!

“Skydive features a brutal, heart-wrenching chorus sung by Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant, the realest embodiment yet of Cas’s love affair with the ​‘80s. ​“When Neil agreed to even listen to the song I was already like, welling up,” Cas says. ​“I know when my mum hears that, she’s gonna cry her eyes out.”

The song feels like a climax – not just to Famous Last Words, but to something altogether bigger. ​“Sat on the second step, the sun setting, seconds left,” Cas begins. The bars get increasingly fatalistic from there. ​“I knew the end was due,” Cas intones.”

https://theface.com/music/casisdead-int ... last-words

[fluffmoln]

Skydive is indeed a very very good song. Neil sounds great on it, as of course does Cas.

In a sense, it's his own Being Boring:
"I was in the moment, blinked, then I was old"

Then Neil comes in:
"I used to think I got it made, now I start to feel afraid
Playing back some old cassettes, Cry and Dove, some Red Corvette*
The promises you made me keep, you hear your mother fall asleep
I used to think I'd be OK, now watch me as I fade away"

"I always tried to keep you sane, to see you smile and not feel fake
I used to think I played the game, now I have to take the blame"

Magnificent

*I guess?

[Dog]

Skydive is indeed a very very good song. Neil sounds great on it, as of course does Cas.

In a sense, it's his own Being Boring:
"I was in the moment, blinked, then I was old"

Then Neil comes in:
"I used to think I got it made, now I start to feel afraid
Playing back some old cassettes, Cry and Dove, some Red Corvette*
The promises you made me keep, you hear your mother fall asleep
I used to think I'd be OK, now watch me as I fade away"

"I always tried to keep you sane, to see you smile and not feel fake
I used to think I played the game, now I have to take the blame"

Magnificent

*I guess?

It must be “crying doves and red corvettes” - he’s obviously listening to his old Prince tapes.

[rashomon]

'Crying doves' - I thought that also ... and in the Casisdead interview they do mention Prince as a reference.

Love the refrain sung by Neil ... and I am liking the mix of Casisdead's style with Neils vocals.

Will give his album a spin for sure.

[dbaseboy]

Gotta be honest and say that there’s more chance I’ll listen to Winner again. I like the sentiment but not my bag.

[stussyboy]

It’s a beautiful song, I was worried Neil would be out of place, but it really works

[domino]

Then Neil comes in:
The promises you made me keep, you hear your mother fall asleep

* I hear them as I fall asleep