CASisDEAD
Famous Last Words 2LP vinyl

The long-awaited debut album from CASisDEAD via XL Recordings, Famous Last Words, is a fully realized expansion of the dystopian futurism that has captivated audiences since CAS first announced himself in 2013.

Over the past decade, he’s dipped in and out of the shadows, blessing fans with cult hits while maintaining his anonymity and shunning media attention; a rejection of the spotlight that’s helped to create folklore around a rapper who’s widely regarded as one of the UK’s most inventive lyricists.

Famous Last Words is as much a sci-fi film as it is a rap record, a labyrinth of vice, crime, and faded glamour. The listener steps through a portal into a realm narrated by CASisDEAD, whose command of storytelling drops you right into the underground of a city where he is the main character in a shady network of gangsters, girls, and drug deals.

However, Famous Last Words isn’t a story of bravado or posturing; much of the album deals in themes of loss, regret, and paranoia, a persona constantly self-reflecting amongst the madness that surrounds him.

The album features a carefully curated roll call of collaborators including Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, Desire, and Connie Constance. 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 ‘Italian’s Do It Better’ label founder Johnny Jewel.

NEW /  Released in 2023 

Tracklist:

A1 Do You Trust Me?

A2 A Spark

A3 Loosin'

A4 Steptronic

A5 Deadcorp

A6 Pineapple Juice Feat. Kamio

B1 I Wanna Go Home

B2 Actin' Up Feat. Desire

B3 Sarah Connor

B4 Do You Remember What It Was Like?

B5 Marilyn Feat. Connie Constance

B6 Aghast 6

B7 Boys Will Be Boys

C1 Venom

C2 Traction Control

C3 The Ants

C4 Matte Grey Wrap Feat. Desire

C5 Pat Earrings

D1 Before This Feat. Later

D2 Jane

D3 Sugar Free

D4 Access Denied

D5 Skydive Feat. Neil Tennant