Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun

Released: 05/04/24

Featuring the most judicious use of a kids' choir since Faith No More's Be Aggressive', track four of Bob Vylan's infectiousHumble as the Sun, the sarky as fuck Dream Big', is a perfect example of the English duo's heady and extremely effective sonic recipe: a blend of UK Subs-like punk, Weezer-esque college rock, grime, rap, and old school jungle reminiscent of the Ragga Twins, all imbued with wit, rage and urgency. 

Another reason to love Bob Vylan: when the duo of singer/guitarist Bobby Vylan and drummer Bobbie Vylan (yes you read that right, and no I don't think these are their real names either) somehow won a MOBO award for Best Alternative Music Act in 2022 (I say somehow', because the MOBOs are usually painfully bland), the homonymic Bobbies took to the stage and said: We released an album this year that we produced entirely, mixed entirely, recorded entirely, all from my bedroom¦so everybody that's here, bigging up Atlantic and bigging up Warner, fuck that, us man did it ourselves. Which is the funniest thing that's happened at a UK music industry show since Jarvis flapped his bum at Michael Jackson during the 1996 Brit Awards.