Santigold has announced her new album, Spirituals, out September 9th. As a preview, she unleashed the defiant single “Ain’t Ready.”
For Spirituals, Santigold recruited a list of contributors including Rostam, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, Boys Noize, JakeOne, Doc McKinney, Psymun, Ricky Blaze, Lido, Ray Brady, and Ryan Olson. In a statement, the artist revealed how she got over writer’s block.
“Recording this album was a way back to myself after being stuck in survival mode,” Santigold explained. “It wasn’t until I made the space to create that I realized I wasn’t only creating music but a lifeline. California was on fire, we were hiding from a plague, the social justice protests were unfolding. I’d never written lyrics faster in my life. After having total writer’s block, they started pouring out. I decided to create the future, to look towards where we are going, to create beauty and pull towards that beauty. I need that for myself, but it’s also there for whoever else needs it.”
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Pre-orders are ongoing. Scroll onward for the artwork and tracklist below.
With a thundering beat co-produced by Santigold with Illangelo before Dre Skull and SBTRKT put on finishing touches, “Ain’t Ready” features gothic synths and tribal drums. Meanwhile, Santigold sings about pushing forward with lyrics like, “It come in hard/ Kick in one side of your heart/ What a blow, no it won’t stop/ So I take my time now getting back up.” Watch the Frank Ockenfels-directed video below.
“It was one of those songs where as soon as I opened my mouth the whole melody just poured out,” Santigold said about “Ain’t Ready” in a statement. “There were no words but all the emotion was there. To me, the song sounded full of struggle and perseverance. It sounded like a battle, and I wanted the production to sound tough, to mirror that grit. I struggled to find the right lyrics at first, but when I got them right, and I started singing them one night in my studio alone, I cried.”
She continued, “This song was my own battle song. It’s about taking the hits that life brings and getting back up. It’s about change and moving forward. It’s about faith and vision. And it’s about stepping into your own power.”
The new single follows May’s “High Priestess.” Spirituals marks Santigold’s first new album since her 2018 surprise mixtape I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions and is the proper follow-up to 2016’s 99¢.
Spirituals Artwork:
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Spirituals Tracklist:
01. My Horror
02. Nothing
03. High Priestess
04. Ushers of the New World
05. Witness
06. Shake
07. The Lasty
08. No Paradise
09. Ain’t Ready
10. Fall First
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