• Bee Mick See – The Belfast Yank

    March 18, 2015 - By 

    Does belonging to a location make an album better? Is Springsteen as interesting if you remove New Jersey or Nebraska? What about NWAand Compton? If this is the case, then rapper Bee Mick See’s debut Belfast Yank deserves some serious credit. The album is entirely engulfed in Belfast. Its language, culture and people are the subjects of various tracks ranging from loving portraits (‘Belfast Slang’) to lacerating polemics (‘Natural Scents’). Even his flow, which owes an obvious debt to Slug from Atmosphere, is heavily accented; it could only belong to this city. In spite of its overproduced beats, which bares a welcome resemblance to Malibu Shark Attack, it’s a strangely emotionally honest album. BeeMickSee is surprisingly…

  • BeeMickSee – The Belfast Yank

    February 26, 2015 - By 

    Portland-born, Belfast-raised rapper BeeMickSee releases his long-awaited, aptly-titled debut album The Belfast Yank globally on March 16.  Some of the tracks have been made available through previous EPs & singles, available to check out on Bandcamp. With the question hanging over the album of: “What do you do when your parents move you from the hipster mecca that is Portland Oregon to the urban jungle that is post-ceasefire Belfast?”, the former punk-hop Bomb City 7 alumnus Brendan Seamus eschews the usual misogynist hip-hop patter – instead favouring lyrics chartering the experience of relocation in an unfamiliar, often uncivilised society, cross-Atlantic cultural parallels, strained relationships and bullying. Recorded in Start…

  • Watch: BeeMickSee – Belfast Slang

    June 24, 2014 - By 

    Belfast-based rapped Brendan Seamus AKA BeeMickSee have unveiled the video to his new single, ‘Belfast Slang’. Created by Philip Mateer and Tristan Crowe of Red Mist Productions, the video features Seamus – introducing the uninitiated with various Northern Irishisms such as “scundered” – and actress Cara Cowan. ‘Belfast Slang’ – featuring a beat by Thrash Hat AKA Rory Friers of And So I Watch You From Afar – is the third single from BeeMickSee’s forthcoming album, The Belfast Yank. The album is launched at Bar Sub at QUBSU, featuring support by Aggressors BC, the Late Twos and TBC. Watch the video for ‘Belfast…

  • Watch: BeeMickSee – Awkward

    March 12, 2014 - By 

    Featuring his good friend Kev Jones from alt-punk band Empty Lungs, Belfast-based hip hop artist Brendan Seamus AKA BeeMickSee has unveiled the video for his new single, ‘Awkward’. Directed by Lauren Dusty McLune, the video – also featuring Seamus – is nicely edited together Sarah McGlinchey. The single itself is taken from BeeMickSee’s forthcoming album, The Belfast Yank, which features co-production from Rocky O’Reilly. BeeMickSee will play the following dates over the next couple of weeks: March 17: w/Blood or Whiskey and More Than Conquerors – Lavery’s Bar, Belfast April 24: Sweeney’s, Dublin April 25: w/Pocket Billiards – Stiff Kitten, Belfast April…