Fat White Family share familial tales on new single, "Today You Become Man"

The song tells the story of lead singer Lias Saoudi’s big brother Tamlan’s circumcision at age five without anaesthetic in the mountains of Algeria. The video was shot by Tamlan on location in Maillot, the small town from which the Saoudi dynasty hail.

Sharing background on the track, Saoudi reflects on a family tradition; a bi-annual reunion "which we refer to as Legends of the Fall after mum’s favourite film, a film about warring brothers that slip in and out of exile", where more often than not, his brother will retell the story of his circumcision.

"Usually you have to wait until you’re deep in the session before he brings out the big gun. Once you’re lucidly enjoying your night, around 3 or 5am, once you’re totally relaxed, that’s usually when he’ll strike," though Saoudi explains that he started earlier on this occasion – "A matinee performance for the whole family it was then", and went on to share further details.

"A post script from hell. Several years after the olde worlde, anaesthetic-less genital mutilation/enhancement of my big brother, he was a guest at the ceremony of our younger cousin Amine. According to Tam, after they slice off the mini neck warmer, they place it into a little satchel. Tam made it his business to get a hold of this satchel right after Amine’s moment of truth, then to dance around the room flailing it up above his own grinning head in celebration of this newly minted manhood."