Bleep

Following up Optimo’s Autonomous Africa imprint release of 2015’s Youth Stand Up! — the project which oversaw the harmonious musical symbiosis of young musicians from Belize, Ghana and Glasgow — global collective Youth Stand Up return with its sequel, Youth Stand United, for even more wildly infectious post-punk via West African pop and highlife. This time, the cross-cultural project has expanded to include yet more luminaries — including members of Kaputt, Pu$$y Mothers, and Sordid Sound System alongside returning guests Golden Teacher and Whilst — and spaces, having recorded Tafi Cultural Institute’s vocals in their newly built studio in Ghana.