It’s an album that strikes on the zeitgeist of his generation precisely by understanding the road that took us to this point. new album R.Y.C out now. Introduced by latest single ‘I Don’t Think I Can Do This Again’ (with Clairo), the record is further previewed today by anthemic new track ‘No Hope Generation’, which is available immediately when pre-ordering the album. Spiritually, ‘R.Y.C’ (Raw Youth Collage) addresses a generational addiction to nostalgia, and its uses (and limits) as means of coping with the difficulties of the present. For Mura Masa, it’s only once we accept nostalgia as a permanent fixture – a fact seemingly embodied by the cyclical phases in which different subcultures, political movements, fashion trends, even musical genres wax and wane – that we can start to learn from it. Mura Masa - Love For That feat. Influenced by ideas around Hauntology, it explores the irony that in times of increased urbanisation and digitisation, somehow it’s never been easier to feel lonely. This is one of the most profoundly, wondrously mediocre albums of our time, which is to say that it’s not even entertainingly bad. This second album by the 23-year-old Grammy-winning British producer Alex Crossan – AKA Mura Masa – is about the understandable draw of nostalgia as an escape from today’s stresses, but it … ~`-+ Mailing List +-`~ Please sign up to my mailing list to receive news about current projects and music first Even when interrogating the past, Mura Masa sounds like the future.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shipping and final taxes will be calculated at checkout Rough Trade NOTTINGHAM are very excited to present this MURA MASA album-launch show, with a live performance at the METRONOME venue in NOTTINGHAM (NG1 1AP) on Friday 17th January 2020. Fresh from headlining Manchester’s Warehouse Project, Reading & Leeds festival, and upfront of next week’s Pitchfork Paris, Mura Masa has also confirmed details of a huge global headline tour for 2020 – including a massive London date at Alexandra Palace on February 20th. Despite the odds, Mura Masa's endless desire to learn and push himself further has led to where he finds himself on ‘R.Y.C' (Raw Youth Collage): an artist able to channel those highs and lows of youth culture, and use it to expand what pop music should sound like today. Mura Masa - What If I Go? Pre-sale for these shows is open now, with general sale beginning on November 1st. How reliable is memory? THIS EVENT IS NOW COMPLETELY SOLD-OUT! The whole thing does perhaps work as a satire on the stultifying effect of nostalgia, but if you’re worried about our burning planet, keep facing outward and don’t waste a single moment listening to anything this wretchedly blinkered.Drearily rote … Alex Crossan, who records as Mura Masa.Drearily rote … Alex Crossan, who records as Mura Masa.t’s never easy being young, and perhaps it is harder than ever, what with social media and the climate crisis sending The songs featuring Crossan’s voice, a bland instrument better suited to a podcast about natural wines, are nostalgic for early At every turn, there is an overwhelming need to fill your ears with other music, to remind yourself that you’re not in a nightmarish purgatory where pop is dead. The evening celebrates the release of 'R.Y.C (Raw Youth Collage) ', the incredible new album released 17th January via Polydor. Why do we keep going back?
Shura. And if your youth – and its assorted musical scenes – will always appear rose-tinted in the rear-view, then perhaps your present is there for the taking, after all. NO MORE ALBUM BUNDLES AND TICKETS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mura Masa has today announced details of his much-anticipated second album, ‘R.Y.C’ (Raw Youth Collage), which will be released on January 17th.
The full tracklist for ‘R.Y.C’ (Raw Youth Collage) is detailed below, with additional guests including slowthai, Tirzah, Georgia, Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice (and Alex himself stepping out as lead-vocalist).