Crisp acoustic guitar vibes meet with the emo-rap melodies and heartfelt stories of the modern scene, as Tiny Goat delivers the title-track from his 2025 album DEAD2ME.
Built around a fearless outpouring of emotion, the DEAD2ME gathers momentum through pure vocal intensity, as Tiny Goat dives into this story of heartbreak and personal scorn. We move from melody to rap across a near-four-minute soundscape, and all the while the beat rolls on with a kind of colourful folk-pop contrast to the grit and disdain of the lyrics.
Vocally distinct and also genuinely like a cleverly captured diary entry – gifted a clear sense of flow and rhyming patterns – DEAD2ME is a fine introduction to the uniquely recognisable and relevant style of Tiny Goat.
The new album continues to expand upon these ideas, with tracks like Worthless following another intimate and loving to broken storyline, this time elevated by trap rhythms and a piano-led ambiance. The voice is a little more bold and confident now, the bars shorter, snappier, more distinct and memorable. It’s a softly anthemic vibe that again shines light on the depths of the Tiny Goat writing style.
Other highlights from the expansive Tiny Goat repertoire include the more classic Hip Hop production and vocal rhythm of Dead Or Alive, a poignant sense of story intertwining with this catchy flow, and the track balancing personal anecdote and more relatable references to pain and regret that naturally hold attention.
That’s the key with much of the Tiny Goat catalogue – the careful meeting of the intimate and the universal sense of struggle and feeling. The lyrics rain down intensely, but there’s plenty to appreciate and respect in terms of the talent of the writing, meaning that each revisit to any given track offers some new insight or moment of impressive wordplay and structure. As such, it’s easy to continue turning back to this project, letting the music connect in a whole new way every time.
The DEAD2ME album in full marks a fine introduction to all things Tiny Goat, and that voice is unmistakable in both topic and tone, even when it’s crossed your path just once before. For fans of modern rap, hip hop, trap and emo rap, Tiny Goat masters the space with both rhythm and intention, and holds close to a creatively free yet pure musicality along the way.
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