Casper Grey shares new single ‘BRAT’ out now on Kingdome Recordings
OUT NOW ON KINGDOME RECORDINGS
“Taking a theatrical approach to his razor-sharp verses, Grey ventures into the world of storytelling, charging each word with a piercing rage” – CLASH
“… sounds like the rope burning down a cherry bomb” – Notion
“Grey, who seamlessly merges roles as a writer, rapper, actor, and designer, is on a mission to redefine storytelling through music.” – WhyNow
“CASISDEAD meets Brutalism-era Idles” – Wonderland
Casper Grey. He’s your mum’s favourite writer, your brother’s favourite rapper, your nan’s favourite actor and your best friend’s favourite designer – an Eastend born-and-bred jack of all trades. When his previous single, ‘TRU’SAY’, attracted critical acclaim for its kitchen-sink realism played out through the voyeuristic lens of theatre, the fresh track Casper Grey releases today, ‘BRAT’, offers another unsettling glimpse through the keyhole of a new scene.
His music acts as striking psychological portraits of the modern human condition: reckoning with the perennial themes of guilt, repentance, virtue and sin which have commanded the stage for centuries. These instincts are owed to Grey’s reputation as a rising force in British cinema, being one of the few actors chosen for a professional scholarship at Top Boy star and So Solid Crew alumnus Ashley Walter’s esteemed drama school, Kingdom School of Arts.
‘BRAT’ is particularly vicious: a cutting electro-punk collision with hip-hop sensibilities – a uniquely East London strain of Death Grips. Here, Casper Grey plays the part of villain, where pretended virtue is abandoned for total nihilism. There are no holds barred.
Speaking on the track, Casper Grey shares, “Everyone thinks what they’re doing is right -yet everything is going wrong. If you get into trouble, even when trying to do good, you might as well start being bad…”
He self-directs and produces all visuals and creative direction for the project, channelling inspiration from the unflinching character portrayals within the work of Grey’s heroes such as Jonathan Glazer & Ken Loach weaving in the surrealist, internet-age paranoia of constant surveillance.
Alongside his solo projects and acting, Casper Grey is half the force behind production duo Eastend Gravy whose genre-annihilating sound featured on Rihanna’s latest Fenty Hair campaign, as well as this Grey is the founder and resident MC come selector at the new and equally revolutionary bi-monthly club night Post Genre Party where transgressive sounds cut through the internet blur dragging its audience into a brave new sonic world. Beyond music, Casper is also co-designer in the graphic outfit Somitude; the artistic duo behind the album artwork for the critically-acclaimed debut album by multidisciplinary icon Isamaya Ffrench.
Stay tuned for Casper Grey’s next act.
