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EUSEXUA Afterglow

FKA twigs releases 'EUSEXUA Afterglow', an entirely new body of work that will serve as a continuation of her critically acclaimed album 'EUSEXUA'. Initially conceived as a deluxe album to 'EUSEXUA', 'Afterglow' has now evolved into a fully-fledged body of work, with an entirely new tracklist.

January 2025’s 'EUSEXUA' was a love letter to the techno rave scene and how it can initiate change within. 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' expands on the feelings that come after experiencing 'EUSEXUA', transmuting them into a soundtrack for the hours after the rave and extending that high into the afters. It is the experience of having left the rave but still feeling the pulse of the music and the euphoria of movement inside you even though you have physically left that space. Afterglowis a record steeped in the reverence of techno, but the beats now are fractured and derelict, and playful most importantly. Afterglow is the culmination of all the skills that FKA twigs has developed across her acclaimed catalogue — the adoration of the dancefloor evident across 'EUSEXUA', the playful hooks of 'CAPRISONGS', the vulnerability of 'MAGDALENE', the sensuality of 'LP1' and the waviness of her earliest EPs.

TRACK LISTING

1. Love Crimes
2. Slushy
3. Wild And Alone (ft. PinkPantheress)
4. HARD
5. Cheap Hotel
6. Touch A Girl
7. Predictable Girl
8. Sushi
9. Piece of Mine
10. Lost All My Friends
11. Stereo Boy

FKA Twigs

EUSEXUA

Eusexua is a state of being. A feeling of momentary transcendence often evoked by art, music, sex, and unity. Eusexua can be followed by a state of bliss and feelings of limitless possibility. Also used to refer to: ‘The pinnacle of Human Experience’. It is united through any moment in which we are fully embodying ourselves, present in the moment, disconnected from technology, synthesized with those around us. It was moments of Eusexua that birthed 'EUSEXUA' the album, as twigs cites her late nights in the underground techno scene of Prague.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Jagged, glitchy pop music and euphoric, trance flavoured minimalistic electronica, both phasing in and out beneath the sometimes haunting, often ethereal vocal passages. Perfectly crafted, constantly moving and drawing influence from all over the musical spectrum.

TRACK LISTING

Eusexua
Girl Feels Good
Perfect Stranger
Drums Of Death
Room Of Fools
Sticky
Keep It, Hold It
Childlike Things
Striptease
24hr Dog
Wanderlust

FKA Twigs' much anticipated mixtape "Caprison" finally gets pressed on vinyl, with a limited edition glow in the dark version - yay! (it's also available on standard black vinyl for the noctiphobics! - Ed)

Features guest appearances from The Weeknd, Jorja Smith, Pa Salieu, Rema, Shygirl, Unknown T and Daniel Caesar as well as a host ofTwigs’ close friends and community. Many already citing it as one of the best albums of 2022 including Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, NPR Music, Pitchfork, i-D Magazine, NYLON, Complex, Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ, Marie Claire, The Needle Drop, OkayPlayer, Rough Trade, FLOOD Magazine, The Quietus etc.

Stylistically it veers indiscriminately from ethereal synth-pop, avant choral work to futuristic alt-RnB and ghostly industrial dub; with idiosyncratic vocal performances from each individual talent, really highlighting the creative juices flowing across the project. It plays in traditional mixtape style - with interludes of informal philosophy and musings between Twigs and her friends filling the gaps between the tracks. 

There's tender moments of intimacy, revealing introspections and glossy-eyed yearning; but also precision rhymic delivery taking influence from dancehall and rap and the melting pot of London's multiculture - a theme rich throughout the LP and one treaded previously by MIA. Infact, it's a very London-sounding album; sitting nicely alongside other contemporary luminaries like Little Simz and Green Tea Peng with its confident, colourful individuality and feminism more so than its stylistic content. It finds our star unveiling her insecurities and faults but somehow we love her all the more for its honesty and sincerity. Existing fans are gonna absolutely love it; but I sense she's going to draw in a whole new host of admirers with this album. A real triumph.  


TRACK LISTING

Ride The Dragon
Honda (feat. Pa Salieu)
Meta Angel
Tears In The Club (feat. The Weeknd)
Oh My Love
Pamplemousse
Caprisongs Interlude (feat. Solo)
Lightbeamers
Papi Bones (feat. Shygirl)
Which Way (feat. Dystopia)
Jealousy (feat. Rema)
Careless (feat. Daniel Caesar)
Minds Of Men
Track Girl Interlude
Darjeeling (feat. Jorja Smith & Unknown T)
Christi Interlude
Thank You Song

Titled Magdalene, the album is the follow up to FKA twigs’ critically acclaimed Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated debut LP1.

Created in a period where her confidence was knocked following heartbreak and laparoscopic surgery, Magdalene is the sound of twigs reconfiguring, emotionally and physically. As she sings on ‘Mary Magdalene’, the Magdalene album track that opened her highly-praised, sold-out live shows earlier in the year, “A woman’s time / A woman’s work / A woman’s time to embrace / She must put herself first”.

Magdalene is produced by FKA twigs and, as with LP1, the recording process has been directed by her at every stage. It was recorded between London, New York and Los Angeles over the last three years and features major contributions from Nicolas Jaar alongside a host of other collaborators. Magdalene sees FKA twigs creating a whole new artistic universe and it is, without doubt, her most masterful, innovative work to date.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: From gothic choral passages to pulsing, deep bass and skittering percussives, 'Magdalene' covers a wide range of smoothly accomplished stylistic changes as well as a viceral and effective range of emotional dynamics. It's a confident and varied selection, and in FKA's classic style, brilliantly done.

TRACK LISTING

Thousand Eyes
Home With You
Sad Day
Holy Terrain
Mary Magdalene
Fallen Alien
Mirrored Heart
Daybed
Cellophane

"LP1" arrived on the shop counter off the back of a wave of anticipation, hype and uproarious reviews. As the release date grew closer, the number of customers whispering her name over the counter grew and grew, her reputation buoyed by a spectacular sell out show at the Dancehouse recently, which even garnered the admiration of well known Mancunian curmudgeon Randy Marsh! Well, it's here, and god damn it, the hipsters were right! Wonderfully experimental, defiantly accidental and expertly produced RnB majesty that's destined for a Mercury Music Prize.

Undeniably contemporary, this long player sees Tahliah Barnett reinterpret Prince's slow jams through the skewed gaze of someone living in an Odd Future, swapping the hardware warmth for nuanced software glitch. The ten tracks on show offer a variety of mood and feeling, ranging from the intimate to the euphoric and the melancholic to the anthemic. "Lights On" is gonna soundtrack every student date in the coming academic year, while the eerie choral timbre of "Closer" is this decade's answer to Shakespeare's Sister, in a very good way. Well executed and conceptually bold, this perfect example of post-everything pop music looks set to be a future classic.


TRACK LISTING

1. Preface
2. Lights On
3. Two Weeks
4. Hours
5. Pendulum
6. Video Girl
7. Numbers
8. Closer
9. Give Up
10. Kicks


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