FREE NATIONALS RELEASE ‘SHIBUYA’ FT. SYD, ANNOUNCING SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT 13TH DEC

FREE NATIONALS

RELEASE ‘SHIBUYA’ FT. SYD,

ANNOUNCING SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT 13TH DEC

 


 

Free Nationals have announced their self-titled debut LP out December 13th via OBE, LLC / EMPIRE. The album features friends they’ve met along their musical journey including the late Mac Miller, Syd, Anderson .Paak, Kali Uchis, T.I., JID, Westside Gunn, Conway, Chronixx, Daniel Caesar, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kadhja Bonet, MIKNNA, Benny Sings, Callum Connor, T. Nava and Joyce Wrice (full tracklisting below). Listen to the newest track from the album ‘Shibuya’ (feat. Syd), a smooth vibe driven track punctuated with crawling bass lines.  Previously released singles from the album include Eternal’ (feat Chronixx), ‘On Sight’ (feat. JID, Kadhja Bonet, MIKNNA), ‘Time’ (ft. Mac Miller and Kali Uchis) and ‘Beauty and Essex’ (ft. Daniel Caesar & Unknown Mortal Orchestra) combining for over 60 million total streams.

 

Affectionately speaking of the collaboration on ‘Shibuya’, José Rios (Guitar), explains “We really wanted Syd for this track. The Internet is family to us, so getting her on this track was written in the stars..”

 

Best known for being Anderson .Paak’s live band, Free Nationals have toured the world meeting countless artists who inspire them. While the amount of all the contemporary musicians who inspire them would take an anthology of box sets, they boiled it down to a handful to include on the album, all of whom lend their talents in spreading the funk. Free Nationals means The first people of America, Indigenous to the land before Columbus came. Staying Indigenous to the funk, Free Nationals wanted to tribute their inspirations such as Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Herbie Hancock, and Al Green by incorporating musicianship while pioneering musical euphoria for a new generation.

 

Free National’s new single ‘Shibuya’ (ft. Syd) is out now. Watch video below:

 

 

 

 

Free Nationals track-listing

Obituaries
Beauty & Essex (w/ Daniel Caesar & Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
On Sight (w/ JID, Kadhja Bonet, MIKNNA)
Shibuya (w/ Syd)
Apartment (feat. Benny Sings)
Gidget (feat. Anderson .Paak)
Rene (feat. Callum Connor)
Time (w/ Kali Uchis & Mac Miller)
Cut Me A Break (feat T.I.)
Eternal Light (feat. Chronixx)
Oslo (feat. Callum Connor & T. Nava)
Lester Diamond
The Rivington (feat. Conway, Westside Gunn, Joyce)

 

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Listen to ‘Shibuya’ (ft. Syd)
https://empire.lnk.to/Shibuya

Listen to ‘Eternal Light’ (ft. Chronixx)
https://EMPIRE.lnk.to/EternalLight

Listen to ‘On Sight’ (ft. JID, Kadhja Bonet, MKINNA)
https://EMPIRE.lnk.to/OnSight

Listen to ‘Time’ (ft. Mac Miller and Kali Uchis)
https://EMPIRE.lnk.to/Time

Watch the video for ‘Beauty and Essex’ (ft. Daniel Caesar & Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TWxD2WW_ws