Their live show is like a hurricane slamming into a shoreline at a thousand miles an hour or an avalanche triggered by barbaric yawp. King Foe, one third of the Velociraptor-voiced Denver rap trio, describes them as the “breath that you take the moment after the bungee cord is extended to its fullest extent jumping into the Grand Canyon.” There is a light that will always get punched out. “There’s a grand and emotive romanticism and fatalism to our sound, but we layer it over hard beats,” says Yorrissey. A nationally recognized, critically hailed rap crew had never emerged from Denver until BLKHRTS burst onto the scene in 2011. The local alt-weekly, Westword, named them “Best New Band” and raved about their “unique and progressive” rock-raphybrid…with “an unbridled energy as ferocious as Onyx, as primal as Body Count and as frenzied and unhinged as Bad Brains.” Pitchfork named their debut BLK S BTFL one of the year’s best over-looked mixtapes. The review celebrated the group’s eclectic sample choices (Joy Division, Eraserhead, Gravediggaz) and described their sound as riding a roller coaster in the dark: violent, dramatic, and with many unexpected turns.” In advance of the group’s performance at LA beat scene hub, Low End Theory, The LA Times said “BLKHRTS" words and beats hit like shrapnel… It is rap as hard-core punk music that never forgets it's hip-hop.” They also noted the group’s diverse lyrical terrain: sex, drugs, money and death, nightmares, demons and hearts pumping like the fury of angry slaves. The revolutionary and futuristic fusion of sounds andsub-genres attracted the attention of Jeff Bowers, the head of ORG Music, anindependent label distributed through Warner Bros. Eager to sign the group; he paired them with Dave Sitek, the revered producer and co-founder of TV on theRadio. An instant convert to the band’s aesthetic, Sitek immediately agreed to co-executive produce BLKHRTS formal full-length debut, JZBL JNKNS, slated for release this fall.

But before it drops, BLKHRTS are currently prepping the Love is Thicker Than Blood EP due in thespring or early summer and mixed by Steve McDonald of OFF!/Red Kross.

The revolutionary and futuristic fusion of sounds andsub-genres attracted the attention of Jeff Bowers, the head of ORG Music, anindependent label distributed through Warner Bros. Eager to sign the group; hepaired them with Dave Sitek, the revered producer and co-founder of TV on theRadio. An instant convert to the band’s aesthetic, Sitek immediately agreed toco-executive produce BLKHRTS formal full-length debut, JZBL JNKNS, slated forrelease this fall.

But before it drops, BLKHRTS are currently prepping the Love is Thicker Than Blood EP due in thespring or early summer and mixed by Steve McDonald of OFF!/Red Kross.

“We’re really confident in our grasp of rock music and theway to interpolate that with hip-hop,” Yorrissey says. “We’re not makingrap-rock. We’re making hard-core rap music that uses textures and the loud/softdynamic and the textual element of rock and guitars. We’re the best guitarplayers in rap.”

roller coaster in the dark:violent, dramatic, and with many unexpected turns.”

In advance of the group’s performance at LA beat scene hub,Low End Theory, The LA Times said“BLKHRTS’ words and beats hit like shrapnel…their voices sound as if they’vebeen slit with scythes…. It is rap as hard-core punk music that never forgetsit's hip-hop.” They also noted the group’s diverse lyrical terrain: sex, drugs,money and death, nightmares, demons and hearts pumping like the fury of angryslaves. Subsequent solo projects, Yorrissey’s SEXTAPE and King Foe’sJ.U.N.K.I.E. elicited similar praise.

The revolutionary and futuristic fusion of sounds andsub-genres attracted the attention of Jeff Bowers, the head of ORG Music, anindependent label distributed through Warner Bros. Eager to sign the group; hepaired them with Dave Sitek, the revered producer and co-founder of TV on theRadio. An instant convert to the band’s aesthetic, Sitek immediately agreed toco-executive produce BLKHRTS formal full-length debut, JZBL JNKNS, slated forrelease this fall.

But before it drops, BLKHRTS are currently prepping the Love is Thicker Than Blood EP due in thespring or early summer and mixed by Steve McDonald of OFF!/Red Kross.

“We’re really confident in our grasp of rock music and theway to interpolate that with hip-hop,” Yorrissey says. “We’re not makingrap-rock. We’re making hard-core rap music that uses textures and the loud/softdynamic and the textual element of rock and guitars. We’re the best guitarplayers in rap.”