FATHER
w/ Awful Records Artists Lui Diamonds and Lord Narf
APRIL 1st in Nashville
Doors 8, Show 9
18+
$10 — Tickets available NOW

If you have only heard his viral hit "Look at Wrist," you might be temped to lump FATHER in with other Atlanta purveyors of fine, original trap music — Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, iLoveMakonnen, Future, etc — and you wouldn't be wrong, but you wouldn't be right either. While these artists are striking matches that keep the fireplace lit, Father and his Awful Records crew are burning the whole damn house down. Atlanta's hip hop scene is notorious for a lot of reasons — its stream of consciousness lyricism, its aesthetic risk-taking in an industry that rewards sticking to formula, its acceptance of its own strangeness, its drug culture, the sheer volume of incredible rappers that emerge from it, the fact that tastes are made, the agenda is set, the recipes are written HERE, and, of course, the fact that new artists — emerging artists — are a dime a dozen and all veering for the same spotlight. Not Father. He's built his own spotlight, and he's built it big enough to also shine on his talented crew. Father's game is minimalism and sensuality. Because of the former, you could listen all day. Because of the latter, you want to.

Each verse Father spits is equal parts honesty and irony, and he has a knack for making the simplest hooks stick with you like a first kiss. Whether that kiss leads to love, lust, confusion, or chaos, we're glad to live in a world where Father and his warped Awful Records cult fight “basic” with "banger."

Father joins us in support of his new record, I’m A Piece Of Shit (March 25) for his debut performance in our Blue Room on April 1st. He will be joined by two other members of his Awful Records collective, Lui Diamonds & Lord Narf. You don't get to be a citizen of the South unless you're down with Atlanta hip hop, and you don't get to be down with Atlanta hip hop unless you know Awful Records, so get your tickets, and don't come whining to us when you don't know what's up.

We’re officially SHOOK. Are you?