British rapper Speech Debelle has announced a UK tour this October to follow the release of her fourth studio album, ‘SUNDAY DINNER ON A MONDAY’, out on 9 June 2023, via Monday Sessions Records.
The live show will tour Bristol, Cambridge, London, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, and Manchester, where fans can expect to hear singles taken from the new release, including ‘Wayward’, ‘Come Your Way’, ‘Atlantis’, 'Away From Here', and ‘101010’.
Speech Debelle won the Mercury Music Prize for her debut album ‘Speech Therapy’ in 2009, beating the likes of Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and La Roux. Her 2012 Kwes-produced sophomore album ‘Freedom Of Speech’ commanded further critical acclaim expanding Speech’s captivating flair for poetic testimonies, playful narratives and dynamic rumination on power, politics and pleasure. She innovatively accompanied her third album, ‘Tantil before I Breathe’ with a cookbook and memoir in 2017, expressing that ‘music and food are art – they heal and inspire’.
Her highly-anticipated fourth album ‘Sunday Dinner On A Monday’ examines family, friends, lineage, and ancestral DNA through the lens of afro-futurism. Tracks journey from smooth soul to ‘ancestral rap’ and alternative hip-hop.
The album has been mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated and MOBO award-winning mixer and engineer Clinton McCreery (Enny, Kofi Stone, Manik MC), with writing and production from Skripture (Will.i.am, Gregory Porter, Basement Jaxx), and collaborations with Dem Drums, Jamaican production team Island Wav, Kensaye, and Mark Cake. It includes features from English contemporary pianist and composer Neil Cowley (Adele, Emeli Sande, Maribou State), Miss Baby Sol, Dylema, Alyesha Lei and Ruth Sax.
Celebrated for her ability to articulate a vulnerable honesty in contrast to her husky tones, Speech (a semi-finalist on Celebrity Masterchef, cookbook writer, and podcaster) has been influenced by the connection, comfort and culture that food allows us to explore. The South London lyricist says of the title: “On a Monday, the Sunday dinner just tastes sweeter; everything has time to marinate and settle."
“It’s about how we imagine and then create our own futures”, says Speech. “The album is about our journey through life as we learn from experiences that expand our senses. We learn internal management and get closer to ease. Some of us even become nourished, like a good meal. This is THAT album.” - Speech Debelle.
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