8/10

Since winning the Mercury Prize for their debut album 'Dead' back in 2014, Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers have almost been given a blank cheque to pursue their experimental sound to the nth degree since. Their 2015 follow-up 'White Men Are Black Men Too' continued the style and dynamic intention of their debut, and despite a longer gap before this new release, the three-piece still return with a hugely ambitious new full-length.

From the start, 'Cocoa Sugar' looks to be a more commercially angled release than their previous material. Adopting a more RnB flavour on some of the work, the album aims to mirror the mainstream sound of today and offer a more engaging direction in the process. Essentially the band are taking some cues from the commercial urban sound and showing exactly how good it can be when passion and heart is put into it.

Less anger and grit on this one, but still filled with all the gusto and unexpected dispositions we would have wanted from them once again. Young Fathers are quickly growing into one of this country's most loved underground treasures and this third full-length will cement that feeling.