Michael Kiwanuka announces new album ‘Small Changes’ and shares new tracks ‘Lowdown’ Parts I and II
nme.comMichael Kiwanuka has announced details of his fourth studio album ‘Small Changes‘, his first since 2019’s ‘Kiwanuka’.The album is set for release on November 15, and was produced alongside Danger Mouse and Inflo, who also produced the Mercury Prize-winning ‘Kiwanuka’.
As well as the album announcement, the singer-songwriter has shared two tracks, ‘Lockdown (part i)’ and ‘Lockdown (part ii)’, his first new music since the album’s lead single and opener ‘Floating Parade‘, released in July.The bass-heavy ‘Lowdown (part i)’ is full of soulful guitar, while ‘Lowdown (part ii)’ is a more atmospheric, psychedelic track, but both feel quintessentially Kiwanuka.The album was born out of a period of change in the singer’s life, most notably the arrival of two children and a move away from London – he was born and raised in the borough of Muswell Hill in the north of the city.
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