Bambara have unveiled Heat Lightning having set their new album Stray for release on February 14th.
“The album Stray has many reoccurring characters but the most prominent, by far, is Death,” says Reid Bateh. “For the most part Death is doing his work in the background, or even between, other people’s stories but there are a few songs where I wanted to give him the spotlight.”
“Heat Lighting is the first of these songs on record. It’s an introduction to Death in his element, barreling down the highway listening to news of destruction on the radio while stuffing his face with candy. It’s a solitary moment with Death where he can be seen as he is: the kind of guy who laughs wholeheartedly and stupid jokes and yells at the weatherman when he predicts rain. Death isn’t in the mood for rain unless it is the beginning of a mythical flood.”
Bambara are due in the UK this coming May as part of a spring European tour.
