Loyle Carner by Sirus Gahan
It’s been set for release by Loyle Carner on October 21st.
Loyle Carner has unveiled his new album ‘hugo’.
The announcement comes after the return in July with Hate, and the more recent follow-up Georgetown.
“John Agard’s poem ‘Half-caste’ had a heavy impact on me,” Carner said of the latter. “To see someone who was older, that looked like me, sharing a reflection of a similar lived experience made me feel comfortable/proud to not fit in.”
“It kinda gave me the permission to finally write explicitly about being mixed. There’s so much beauty in the gaps in-between, and in some ways this song touches on that. For me, it’s about finding this inner confidence through understanding of self, and spending time back home.”
The charged themes laid down by those initial singles will continue throughout the record – Carner asking, ‘I’m young, Black, successful and have a platform but where do I go next?’ – as he addresses profound issues both personal and global with guests including Wesley Joseph and youth activist Athian Akec.
‘hugo’ tracklist:
Hate
Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)
Georgetown (feat. John Agard)
Speed Of Plight
Homerton (feat. Jnr Williams & Olivia Dean)
Blood On My Nikes (feat. Wesley Joseph)
Plastic
A Lasting Place
Pollyfilla
HGU