Morgan Murphy doesn’t crave stardom. The emo-rapper – who performs under the moniker guccihighwaters – describes himself as a shy individual who’s “always nervous to be in social situations”. Such traits perhaps explain why, rather than utilising his obvious knack for hip-hop and attempting a shot at mainstream success, the Irish-born, Long Island-residing rapper has chosen to lace his music in a shroud of darkness that echoes the late Lil Peep. guccihighwaters’ sound is based in hip-hop, but he tips his hat to the emo world throughout joke’s on you. It isn’t a record for the emo purists – Morgan sounds nothing like My Chemical Romance or Hawthorne Heights, to the extent that the guitars on this album are often barely audible – but dig a little deeper into the lyr...
