French The Kid’s grind continues at an impressive rate. It was only this time last year that he released his debut album, Never Been Ordinary, but he’s back with his new mixtape, No Signal.
We got our first taste of the project back in October with “White Wine”, followed by “Snow” in December, “Single Player” in February and then the solemn visuals for “Quiet Kid Freestyle” a couple of weeks ago. Even with all that going on, he still found time to drop collabs with Rema, KR$NA, Russ Millions, A1 x J1, and Jul. Now, however, he’s fully back into mixtape mode.
No Signal features 18 tracks and it sees him stretching out into slightly different territory, folding new influences into his brand of UK rap. On “Notice Me”, for example, French takes an almost grungey root, showing off his singing chops on the hook and supplementing the drill elements with a meaty guitar riff. Although this is still most definitely a rap project, his singing is a recurring theme throughout, as is the sombre production style and mellow piano keys.
Somewhat surprisingly, there aren’t any guest artists featured on the set, and French has kept the production team relatively trim given the length of the project with beats coming from Love Life, Ben Stancombe, twin two, Prodag, Cdot, chucks, M1OnTheBeat, and Kos Finger.
To celebrate the release of No Signal, French The Kid will be taking the new tracks on the road for a UK and European tour throughout May and June, including 11 UK dates followed by shows in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. You can find details of the tour here and on his socials.
Stream No Signal in full below.
