Broken Politics

Neneh Cherry’s Four-Tet produced album Broken Politics was released on October 19, 2018, via Smalltown Supersound/Awal Recordings. Neneh calls the album “quieter and more reflective” and shared the following:

I’m very shy about taking on big themes with the airs that I’ve got a solution — who has the fucking solutions? I like writing from a personal perspective, and the time we live in is so much about finding your own voice. People have been left feeling misheard, misunderstood, and disillusioned. What the fuck can I do?

Maybe politics starts in your bedroom, or your house—a form of activism, and a responsibility. The album is about all of those things: feeling broken, disappointed, and sad, but having perseverance. It’s a fight against the extinction of free thought and spirit.

I have a name. You have a name. We’re not just these faceless mounds you can put in the ground. We’re human beings with lives and stories.

The album’s cover art was shot by Wolfgang-Tillmans, notable for shooting the cover photo of Frank Ocean’s Blonde.