Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation

Loyle Carner remains an anomaly in British music – a rapper who operates entirely outside the conventions of UK hip hop, sidestepping its more performative instincts in favour of something far more reflective. There are no brash boasts, no tales of hedonism, sex, or violence; instead, Carner deals in intimacy and introspection, drawing listeners into a world shaped by family, grief and identity…

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