Sampha has revealed the release date for his sophomore album, Lahai: The follow-up to 2017’s Process is out October 20 via Young. Along with “Spirit 2.0,” the new album includes “Only,” which arrives today with a music video directed by Dexter Navy in collaboration with Sampha. Watch “Only,” and find Sampha’s Lahai tracklist and tour dates, below.
Sampha named Lahai after his paternal grandfather. He got album contributions from Yaeji, Léa Sen, Sheila Maurice-Grey of Kokoroko, Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson of Black Midi, Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves, El Guincho, and Kwake Bass.
Sampha will play Satellite Business shows in London and Los Angeles in October. Later in the month, he will begin his Lahai Tour in San Francisco.
Lahai:
01 Stereo Colour Cloud (Shaman’s Dream)
02 Spirit 2.0
03 Dancing Circles
04 Suspended
05 Satellite Business
06 Jonathan L. Seagull
07 Inclination Compass (Tenderness)
08 Only
09 Time Piece
10 Can’t Go Back
11 Evidence
12 Wave Therapy
13 What If You Hypnotise Me?
14 Rose Tint
Sampha:
10-12 London, England – St John at Hackney Church
10-13 London, England – St John at Hackney Church
10-14 London, England – St John at Hackney Church
10-25 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
10-29 San Francisco – Regency Ballroom
11-01 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
11-04 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
11-07 New York, NY – Webster Hall
11-01 Washington, D.C. – Howard Theatre
11-13 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
11-15 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
12-04 Berlin, Germany – Theater des Westens
12-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Royal Theatre Carré
12-07 Paris, France – Cirque d’Hiver
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