Young Fathers have announced full details of their new album titled Cocoa Sugar, the twelve track album will be released on 9th March 2018 via Ninja Tune and follows the group’s previous two albums; 2014’s Mercury Prize-winning DEAD and 2015’s White Men Are Black Men Too. Written and recorded throughout 2017 in the band’s basement studio and HQ,
To celebrate news of the new album, Young Fathers revealed a brand new single ‘In My View’. Accompanied by a video directed by Jack Whiteley, ‘In My View’ is available now on all digital services, watch it below:
Cocoa Sugar will be available on CD, LP, limited LP and via all digital services. It features a striking visual aesthetic, with cover photography from Julia Noni and creative direction from Tom Hingston.
The album is available to pre-order from today via https://youngfathers.lnk.to/cocoasugar
Cocoa Sugar track list:
01. See How
02. Fee Fi
03. In My View
04. Turn
05. Lord
06. Tremolo
07. Wow
08. Border Girl
09. Holy Ghost
10. Wire
11. Toy
12. Picking You
Meanwhile, Young Fathers will perform a run of UK and EU dates throughout March and April 2018, including their biggest headline show to date at London’s 3000 capacity Roundhouse venue on 21st March, Tickets for all the dates are on sale now, with full details available via http://www.young-fathers.com/. The band are also due to perform as part of the forthcoming Video Jam X Basquiat event at The Barbican Centre, London on 28th January. Full event details can be found HERE.
Young Fathers Live 2018
20/03/18 O2 Institute 2, Birmingham, UK
21/03/18 Roundhouse, London, UK
22/03/18 Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK (SOLD OUT)
23/03/18 O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK
24/03/18 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK (SOLD OUT)
28/03/18 Academy, Dublin, UK
06/04/18 AB Box, Brussels, Belgium
07/04/18 Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/04/18 Columbia Theatre, Berlin, Germany
10/04/18 MeetFactory o.p.s, Prague, Czech Republic
11/04/18 Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
12/04/18 La Badaboum, Paris, France
15/06/18 The Eden Project, St Austell, UK (with Massive Attack)
16/06/18 The Eden Project, St Austell, UK (with Massive Attack)
