Kneecap share new 2025 mix of fan favourite ‘H.O.O.D.’ and huge remixes
Kneecap have dropped a new mix of their fan favourite track ‘H.O.O.D’ for 2025, as well as a variety of remixes. Check them out below.
Shared back in 2021 as a self-release, the track has gone on to become a favourite among fans and a staple part of the trio’s live sets. The high-octane hit also played a huge part in their critically acclaimed biopic last year, accompanying the rolling credits for the BAFTA & IFTA shortlisted film.
Now, following on from a huge 2024, Kneecap have shared a fresh mix of the hit for 2025, as well as new remix versions.
The new variation of the track comes in slightly shorter in length than the 2021 original, and captures the same intensity and vigor with a more refined mix.
The first of the remixes comes from London-based producer and DJ Sam Interface, and sees the heaviness of the backtrack amplified to create a massive drum and bass hit.
“I loved the aggression and energy of the original version of Kneecap’s ‘H.O.O.D’. I thought it would be really fun to re-imagine the track as a gritty, lo-fi, dance floor banger,” the producer said. “I think you can hear influences of early grime, jungle techno and Chicago footwork as well as my own signature flavour. I hope people enjoy it, I really enjoyed making it!”
The second of the remixes is developed by Working Men’s Club, and adds a strobe-flecked feel to the original, putting the track against a relentless, pummelling rhythm track that amplifies the same magic captured in the 2021 version.
Check out the full ‘H.O.O.D’ EP, including the remixes and new instrumental versions, below.
Last year, Kneecap’s debut album ‘Fine Art’ was released and NME gave it full marks in a five-star review. “In the dark of the night out, the moment is all that matters and the rave will set you free. To shout that in a ‘dying’ language on a record that couldn’t sound any more alive? That’s power – and Kneecap have it,” it read.
As well as the record – which also made the NME list of The 10 Best Debut Albums of 2024 – the trio also shared the aforementioned groundbreaking film, which starred Michael Fassbender and arrived in cinemas back in August.
Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the feature-length film, titled after the group, was also previewed at Glastonbury Festival’s cinema tent, and won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Kneecap was also given a full five stars by NME, which named it as “one of the best music biopics ever made.
Beyond that, the trio joined Massive Attack, Nova Twins and more in condemning the far-right riots across the UK following the Southport mass stabbings, and used their massive set at Reading Festival 2024 to denounce anti-immigration riots and “that far-right shite”.
Móglaí Bap went on to raise over £30,000 for Gaza food parcels by running 10k a day on tour, the group made headlines for refusing to take off their Palestine badges in an appearance on Ireland’s Late Late Show, arranged a Gig for Gaza charity show alongside Primal Scream and Paul Weller and played a massive sold-out show in Belfast.
Coming up in 2025, Kneecap have an upcoming arena show in Dublin, another show at the city’s Fairview Park on June 19 and some slots opening for Fontaines D.C. at both their show in London’s Finsbury Park in July, and their Manchester show at Wythenshawe Park in August. Visit here for tickets.
In other Kneecap news, it was recently revealed that their biopic – which had been tipped as a contender in both the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Song categories at the Oscars – had been snubbed. In response, they shared a post reading: “Fuck the Oscars. Free Palestine.”
Speaking about the Oscar nod at Reading & Leeds last year, the band explained what it meant to them to see the film be so well-received.
“It’s just a bonus to us. We just made that film because we thought it was a cool story to tell. It was our story, the story of the Irish language in Belfast, and the fact that people enjoy it and that it resonates with people from other cultures, other Indigenous languages, that’s just a bonus for us,” Bap explained.
“We’ve seen Basque people and Native Americans who said it makes them reflect on the relationship they have with their own language,” he added. “It’s a very special thing, considering that every 40 days there’s an indigenous language lost. The more languages we lose, the less different perspectives we have on life. Every language has a different outlook on life, and when you lose that, it’s gone forever.”
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