Brockhampton - 1998 Truman

The second track the band have released as part of their new Things We Lost In The Fire radio show on Beats 1, ‘1998 Truman’ sees Brockhampton at their most intense and collaborative.

A menacing, spiky beat set over a sample of an exceedingly angry voice bemoaning the control ‘The Man’ has over all our lives, Merlyn Wood then crashes the track into life with one of his most impassioned verses to date. “Gimme no drugs, lend me some love tonight / When I’m in this club, lonely as fuck,” he yaps before Joba takes over: “My bad, I guess / I just pursued this shit while you settled down to have some kids”.

The boyband at their most hyper-active, constantly interlinking, making their impression inside 15-second verses and then leaving as quickly as they arrived, it’s a presentation of each member’s idiosyncrasies and a showcase of collaboration at its very best.