Loyle Carner has announced a run of UK tour dates as he unveils his new single Stars and Shards.
Carner’s music is planted at an intersection between the boom-bap of East Coast hip-hop, jazz-inflected portraits of South London, and soulful, laid back poetry; there’s solid, honest and raw sentimentality running through his sound. You get the sense he leaves no door closed, as though he’s inviting the listener in to come in, sit down, have a cup of tea, confess, and work through their problems together. Stars and Shards is about one of Carner’s friends who lost their way – it’s brimming with honesty and humble perseverance, it’s a warm bath of studiously relaxed hip-hop and soul.
The full tour listing:
28 September – Oxford, THe BUllingdon
29 September – Glasgow, King Tuts
30 September – Newcastle, Academy 2
1 October – Sheffield, The Plug
2 October – Birmingham, Institute
4 October – Norwich, Arts Centre
5 October – London, Koko
6 October – Brighton, Concorde 2
8 October – Bristol, Marble Factory
9 October – Manchester, Gorilla
Tickets for Loyle Carner performing at Manchester’s Gorilla on 9 October 2016 go on sale at 9am on Thursday 28 April.
image courtesy Charlie Cummings
