Anjimile Chithambo

Anjimile Chithambo has signed with 4AD and released his debut with the label “Stranger.” “’Stranger’ is something of a confrontation between my past and present selves in relationship to my trans identity,” Anjimile said in a statement. “I started testosterone about 3 or 4 years ago, and It’s been simultaneously liberating and alarming to note the changes to my mind and body over the years.” The Dallas native sings a soft and warm embrace to himself, with a harmonic river of instruments slowly building into a triumphant revolution of accepting a new revelation about oneself, and allowing it to trickle in. No longer a child nor monster, Chithambo beautifully establishes “I’ll never be the same,” making for a powerful and inspiring ballad of his internal battles of transitioning, and how he ...