Sola Rosa today releases new single
Leave
A Light On - an effortlessly cool and soulful track that makes
way for the upcoming release of the Kiwi act’s new EP,
In Spaces.
Fronted by New Zealand music stalwart, Andrew
Spraggon, Sola
Rosa once again pushes into new sonic landscapes with
Leave A Light On, which
features British singer Kevin
Mark Trail and the unmistakable voice of Kiwi powerhouse,
L.A. Mitchell.
The audio has overnight premiered on UK’s Bondafide Mag
HERE “
Leave A Light On was written and recorded in my home studio in Auckland over a
previous summer by myself and keyboard don Michal Martyniuk (
Nathan Haines)
with electric bass and guitar added by local legends Matt Short and Dixon
Nacey,” says Spraggon.
“I love this track for Kevin’s mantra like vocals and L.A. Mitchell’s celestial
chorus. There’s an effortless charm to it, a simplicity. I also love the
remixes on this EP. Flytones are from Istanbul. I have been following them
for a little while on Instagram. They constantly pos inspiring clips
of their Dilla-esque, neo soul jams. I am also a huge fan of Canadian duo
Potatohead People and their underground hit album
Big Luxury. It’s great to be
able to reach out to producers I love and respect and collaborate”.
In Spaces, which
is due for release on May
18, builds on Sola
Rosa’s trademark fusion of genres, from hip-hop and jazz, to
neo-soul, Latin and funk. It includes the already released tracks ‘So Fly’, which also
features Kevin Mark Trail,
who rose to prominence in the early 2000's working with The Streets, and
Back To You, featuring
rising Kiwi sensation Noah
Slee.
The record is Sola Rosa’s
fourth EP and sits alongside six full-length albums, two remix albums, as well
as a handful of hits, including the iconic 2009 tune
Del Ray, which has
amassed more than 2.5 million plays on Spotify and
Turn Around, feat.
Iva Lamkum, which has
clocked more than one million plays.
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