The Young Mothers blend free jazz, grindcore, hip-hop, and experimental rock into a fearless, genre-defying sound. Led by Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, the sextet’s long-awaited third album, Better If You Let It, cements their reputation as one of the most adventurous bands today

 

—“a one-way ticket to jazz’s other reaches” (MOJO).
“A band that treat genre distinctions with disdain, nothing is what is what it first seems on this one-way ticket to jazz’s other reaches.” - MOJO / Andy Cowan
“It’s a freeing and ecstatic listen, music with no fear and no boundaries.”- Living Life Fearless
 

«It’s one of the finest examples of jazz/hiphop fusion - vocals are succinct, instrumentation subtle and intriguing. Thus the words on the title track are dark, mysterious, subdued, against an eerily throbbing backdrop. The superb quintet includes Jawwaad Taylor (trumpet/electronics), Jason Jackson (tenor/baritone saxophone - equal to near namesake Javon) and Frank Rosaly (drums). Rich, dark and strange.» The Wire
 

“Combine the classic basslines from Weather Report’s Sweetnighter with free funk and the most experimental sounds of Ronald Shannon Jackson, along with snippets of John Zorn and influences from James “Blood” Ulmer, and you’ll only begin to explore the vast soundscapes of The Young Mothers” - 48 Hills