fakemink: « a Terrible Beauty - The Tour »

London-based fakemink brings a Terrible Beauty – The Tour to Electric Bristol on 25 May 2026. Emerging from the mid-2020s UK underground, fakemink moves at the crossroads of alternative rap, cloud rap and a dark, nervy electronics. The tracks lean on compact formats, melodic half-sung flows and fast-paced production where emo tension rubs against a club impulse and a crisp digital grain. In constant dialogue with London’s rap, experimental pop and live scenes, the project shifts with ease from abrasive textures to more direct vocal lines, letting hooks surface without smoothing the edges.

Built through a run of singles and short projects rather than album cycles, fakemink has sketched a clear identity: supple, nocturnal, fragmented rap that borrows pop’s sense of writing while speaking the fluid codes of the online arena. Live, the set tends to pivot between pressure and release, rough contours and clean lines, quick switch-ups and a physical pulse that keeps the room alert. A focused dive into a contemporary, shape-shifting sound, delivered straight and unadorned.