2023 MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE WINNERS EZRA COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM; ‘DANCE, NO ONE’S WATCHING’ OUT SEPT 27TH VIA PARTISAN
LISTEN/WATCH: “GOD GAVE ME FEET FOR DANCING” FEAT. YAZMIN LACEY
Ezra Collective, winners of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize Award, at present announce their extremely anticipated upcoming album ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ out Sept twenty seventh. To have a good time the album announcement, the band have launched the second single from the undertaking that includes acclaimed London singer Yazmin Lacey, “God Gave Me Toes For Dancing”, out now on Partisan Information. The accompanying video directed by Tajana Tokyo (Beyoncé, Janelle Monae) captures the enjoyment of dancing and the affect of motion on the soul and euphoria of an evening out.
“God Gave Me Toes for Dancing” follows on from Ezra Collective’s first launch of the 12 months “Ajala” which followers have been capable of catch dwell at their sold-out efficiency on the British Library’s Past the Bassline exhibition. Others may have an opportunity to listen to the band’s award profitable discography and new materials throughout their upcoming tour, which incorporates an historic night time at London’s OVO Area Wembley on November fifteenth as they turn out to be the primary UK Jazz act to headline. Tickets obtainable right here.
Aptly titled, Ezra’s Collective’s third studio album ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ is an ode to the sacred, but joyous act of dancing. Written all through 2023 because the band toured the world, the album paperwork the dance flooring they encountered. The second single from the undertaking, “God Gave Me Toes For Dancing” calls on listeners to embrace this act. Femi Koleoso additionally notes:
“Myself, Ife, and TJ all grew up in church, and it performed a large position in how we view the aim of dancing. Dancing is greater than simply the membership area. Dancing is a neighborhood factor, dancing is a non secular factor, and ‘God Gave Me Toes For Dancing’ is sort of a window into that component of Ezra Collective for the 5 of us. There’s a narrative within the Bible that talks about ‘David dancing earlier than the Lord’, and that’s at all times been one thing that has impressed me. So, ‘God Gave Me Toes For Dancing’ is supposed to take a look at dancing in a extra non secular capability, prefer it’s our God-given means to shake away the badness of life and dance as an alternative.”
Pre-order ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’ right here
2023 was a landmark 12 months for Ezra Collective. Along with changing into the primary ever Jazz act to win the Mercury Prize in its 31-year historical past for his or her critically-acclaimed album ‘The place I’m Meant To Be’, they bought out their complete UK/EU/US tour (together with 10,000 tickets at each their Hammersmith & Royal Albert Corridor headlines), gained Finest Jazz Act eventually 12 months’s MOBO Awards, held some of the revered units at Glastonbury, carried out at Quincy Jones’ star-studded party, have been named Time Out’s Londoners of 2023 and closed out the 12 months as the ultimate friends of 2023 on The Graham Norton Present & High of the Pops Evaluation of 2023.
Kicking off 2024 similarly, they have been tapped by Daniel Lee to carry out at his Burberry x Harrods takeover and launched the British Library’s upcoming Past the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British music exhibition on Could eleventh and not too long ago lined ES Journal.
Keep tuned for extra.
Picture Credit score: (L-R: Joe, Femi, TJ, James, Ife) – YOUT
Ezra Collective tour dates:
October 15 – Berlin, DE – Astra
October 16 – Hamburg, DE – Docks
October 18 – Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
October 19 – Stockholm Vasateatern
October 20 – Oslo, NL – Rockefeller
October 22 – Cologne Gloria
October 24 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
October 26 – Lyon, FR – Transbordeur
October 27 – Milan, IT – Magazzini Generali
October 28 – Zurich, CH – Kaufleuten
October 30 – Paris, FR – Olympia
October 31 – Lille, FR – Aéronef
November 1 – Brussels, BE – AB
November 6 – Birmingham, UK – Institute
November 7 – Leeds, UK – Venture Home
November 8 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowlands
November 10 – Manchester, UK – Apollo
November 11 – Dublin, UK – Olympia
November 13 – Bristol, UK – Beacon
November 15 – London, UK – OVO Area Wembley
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