Kneecap share single ‘Fine Art’ and tell us how “it’s not very hard to piss people off”

nme.com:

Kneecap have shared new single ‘Fine Art’, as well as talking to NME about recent controversies and what to expect from their debut album.The Belfast rap trio have been making headlines recently after leading the Irish bands boycotting SXSW, in solidarity with Palestine and protest against the showcase festival’s sponsorship from the US military and weapons manufacturers.

They’re currently in the midst of a North American tour, after making waves with their debut US TV performance with Jimmy Fallon.Now, ahead of the summer’s release of their self-titled movie starring Michael Fassbender, and long-awaited Toddla T-produced debut album ‘Fine Art’, the band have shared the record’s title track.

The pummelling song is a brutal portrait of where Kneecap are at – blending hard hip-hop beats with a mix of the band’s quickfire Irish lyrics and some in English to really ram their message home: “You can love us or hate us“.The title and lyrics were inspired by “the mental reaction of the media to our mural unveiling of a police jeep on fire”.

Before the drop is a sample of journalist Steven Nolan, who discussed the mural on the BBC.“It’s him commenting on the mural as a piece of fine art,” Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap told NME. “Everyone wanted us to provide some kind of massive political analysis on the mural, but we just sent the media those two words: fine art.”Mo Chara continued: “That was the first track we did with Toddla as well.