In A New Tomorrow, it’s led to the first absolutely essential album of 2023.
A New Tomorrow has dawned, and it absolutely belongs to ZULU.
A New Tomorrow, as the title implies, looks ahead with a peaceful nature. And even at their most intense moments, Lei makes it a point to unify and stay strong—especially when external forces are unwilling to cooperate.
They’ve filled it out with more and thrown it into razor-sharp contrasts: the heavy feels heavier, the light sounds positively ethereal: and you’re left with the impression there’s nothing ZULU can’t do.
It's way too compulsive and short to leave an impact of any sorts. It's also not all that unique or different, kinda just seems very low effort.
The songwriting and riffs aren't there at all either. It's kind of a slog despite only being 28 minutes, it's not rewarding.
Brief Review: Never heard of Zulu in my life, but the coverart was pretty cool looking, so I went in from there. This album fucks super hard! The riffs and vocals are super punchy and to the point, with each track being less than like 2 minutes, it leads to each track not dragging at all. Also really found the racial themes of these tracks to be really compelling, too! Will say tho, I feel like this album would’ve been so much better if the songs were longer, as unlike something like ... read more
Por mais que tenha amado ambos os populares álbuns "Red Moon In Venus" e "UGLY", não consigo de deixar de ficar triste pela falta de uma melhor recepção para outros ótimos projetos lançados no mesmo dia (03/03) como "A New Tomorrow" da banda Zulu.
"A New Tomorrow" é uma ótima recapitulação da brava história da negritude africana e de todos os seus povos, ou outros emergentes de ... read more
Really punchy in parts, but it's such a short album. The main songs are great, some really punchy intense parts and some great breakdowns. However for the length, there's a decent amount of soul samples and speeches (which are still good) that can break up the songs a bit too much.
Looking forward to hearing more from Zulu.
Listening to this album was so fun and natural, it really captivated me. The aggressive sound in contrast with the soul samples works incredibly well. Songwriting, breakdowns and vocals here are crazy.
Unfortunately this LP doesn't feel as cohesive as their EPs released prior. Very strangely put together album, but the individual songwriting is pretty good at most points. I do however enjoy the EPs released in 2019/20 a lot more.
1 | Africa 1:02 | 72 |
2 | For Sista Humphrey 1:20 | 70 |
3 | Our Day Is Now 1:37 | 71 |
4 | Music To Driveby 1:27 | 70 |
5 | Where I’m From 2:20 | 75 |
6 | Fakin’ Tha Funk (You Get Did) 1:18 | 68 |
7 | Shine Eternally 3:02 | 72 |
8 | Must I Only Share My Pain (Interlude) 0:29 | 64 |
9 | Lyfe Az A Shorty Shun B So Ruff 2:33 | 70 |
10 | From Tha Gods To Earth 1:25 | 69 |
11 | Crème de Cassis by Aleisia Miller and Precious Tucker 1:37 | 69 |
12 | We’re More Than This 1:59 | 75 |
13 | 52 Fatal Strikes 1:42 | 72 |
14 | Divine Intervention 2:34 | 68 |
15 | Who Jah Bless, No One Curse 4:14 | 71 |
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