Prolific collaborator and renowned artist SBTRKT shares the final piece of the puzzle ahead of his highly anticipated new album The Rat Road, set for release on May 5 via AWAL. The new project features a wealth of featured artists, the full list of which can be found below. SBTRKT has additionally released today ‘NO INTENTION’ which enlists the vocal prowess of LEILAH once more and has been featured on ‘New Music Daily’ on Apple Music. LISTEN HERE + PRE-ORDER THE LP HERE.

The newest single is drenched in transcendent arpeggiation and radiant, cinematic strings. LEILAH’s distinctive voice weaves between the drum machine rhythms and laddering synths with artful poise. ‘NO INTENTION’ is spacious and heartfelt, boasting dreamlike qualities across its tightly melodic and luxuriously layered arrangement. The latest single gracefully follows the release of the metamorphic single ‘LFO’ feat. Sampha & George Riley, the hypnagogic single ‘Days Go By’ featuring Toro y Moi, ‘Waiting’ with Teezo Touchdown, and ‘FORWARD’ ft. LEILAH, which was first previewed in the video for Drake and 21 Savage’s ‘Jimmy Cooks’ music video.

The Rat Road will feature a host of established and burgeoning artists including D Double E, Little Dragon, Saya Gray Teezo Touchdown, Toro Y Moi, Sampha, George Riley, Leilah, Anna Of The North, and Kai Isaiah Jamal. Instead of focusing on “bigger streaming and stat-building collaborations”, SBTRKT has looked for interesting and new talents from across the UK and the U.S. in a way that can only make sense through a SBTRKT lens.

The album wears its emotions openly as SBTRKT takes the listener on a journey through euphoria and melancholia. In the same minute, footwork is melded into four-to-floor techno while screeching electronics and synth-heavy production are reminiscent of his early work. Mutant garage lives alongside pop-leaning future-synth production adding new colours to SBTRKT’s palette while taut, wiry slices pop and fizz with menacing energy in his distinct mode of expression. The Rat Road is a true marriage of genres with SBTRKT’s febrile presence felt throughout, prioritising intention and purpose over spectacle.

Hot on the heels of the upcoming album’s release, SBTRKT will headline his first sold-out show of the year at Outernet in London on May 25. Sign up to SBTRKT’s mailing list to get first access to presale tickets and releases at https://www.saveyourself.tv/subscribe