Crash

As you may already know, Bad with Phones is a one-off. The self-proclaimed ‘extra guy’ is extra in unique ways, and his debut album ‘Crash’ holds a high-wire duality of instant recognisability and true individuality. Manny, as he’s known to his friends, is a guitarist and frontman, a future don of weirdo pop, R&B, rap and post-punk in a pink and blue wig and sunglasses. He’s here to transmit songs that are epic and iconic, low key hypnagogic and soaked in bliss and damage like Tyler the Creator, Grace Jones or Basquiat if they’d grown up in 1990’s Deptford listening to Sade and David Bowie. This album is packed with intimate anthems and comedown soothers for the day after a mangled night.