Ezra Collective share 'Ego Killah', the third single from their forthcoming album Where I'm Meant To Be, out 4 November.
The reggae and dub-inspired song arrives coupled with a visualiser that features a time lapse of the band rehearsing inside of the Where I’m Meant To Be album artwork set-build. ‘Ego Killah’ follows the summer-anthem ‘Victory Dance’ and the album’s opening track ‘Life Goes On’ featuring Sampa The Great.
Speaking about the new track, bandleader Femi Koleoso says: “This title, Ego Killah is one we can all relate to. It’s the point in a journey where you become your own worst enemy. Where progression has to happen on the inside before you can see the fruit on the outside. The ability to kill your ego will serve you on your journey going forward. Sometimes where you’re meant to be, hasn’t happened yet, because of your own ego. That’s when you need the Ego Killah.”
Listen to ‘Ego Killah’ by Ezra Collective on the Shoot Music New Releases Playlist on Spotify.
Where I’m Meant To Be is a thumping celebration of life, an affirming elevation in the Ezra Collective’s winding hybrid sound and refined collective character. With its album cover referencing Thelonious Monk’s Underground, the songs marry cool confidence with bright energy. Full of call-and-response conversations between their ensemble parts, a natural product of years improvising together on-stage, the album – which also features Sampa The Great, Kojey Radical, Emile Sande and Nao – will light up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack summer dinners in equal measure.
The band’s 2019 debut album You Can’t Steal My Joy seamlessly married the delicacies and classic sounds of jazz with afrobeat, hip-hop and dancehall rhythms for a sound that cemented them as one of the UK’s most exciting acts among the country’s burgeoning jazz resurgence.
With the project, the band was named one of Rolling Stone’s great musical discoveries from SXSW, one of Pigeons & Plane’s best rising bands to listen to, and one of the liveliest groups in London by The New York Times based on their own fresh and imaginative spin on jazz’s timeless footprint.
Alongside the new single, Ezra Collective also announces their 2023 UK/EU tour launching next February with stops in Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, London and more.
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