Blood Orange has confirmed his ‘Essex Honey’ album, feat. Lorde, Caroline Polachek and more

Blood Orange has announced ‘Essex Honey’, his first new album in six years, set for release on 29th August via RCA Records.

The project, written, produced, and recorded by Dev Hynes, explores themes of grief and growing up in Essex, featuring an extensive list of collaborators including Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Mustafa, and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates. The album also marks author Zadie Smith’s first recorded musical appearance, alongside contributions from Tirzah, The Durutti Column, Wet’s Kelly Zutrau, Ian Isiah, Eva Tolkin, actors Naomi Scott and Amandala Stenberg, and Liam Benzvi.

Two tracks from the album, ‘Mind Loaded’ and ‘Somewhere In Between’, have been released alongside the announcement.

The dates in full read:

SEPTEMBER
21 Portola Music Festival, San Francisco, US
23 KEMBA LIVE!, Columbus, US
24 Brown’s Island, Richmond, US
26 TD Garden, Boston, US
27 Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
30 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, US

OCTOBER
14 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, US
17 MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, US
18 Kia Forum, Inglewood, US
29 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
31 C2C Festival @ Lingotto Fiere Torino, Torino, Italy

NOVEMBER
3 Pitchfork Festival @ L’Olympia, Paris, France
4 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
7 Alexandra Palace Theater, London, UK
8 Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, UK
9 Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, UK
10 Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, UK
13 Electric Bristol, Bristol, UK
15 AO Arena, Manchester, UK
19 History, Toronto, Canada
20 History, Toronto, Canada
29 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US
30 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US

DECEMBER
2 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US
3 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US
4 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US
5 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, US