SAMPHA
LAHAI (WHITE VINYL INDIE EXCLUSIVE) LP
PREORDER out 10/20/2023

*This is a pre-order. Items will ship on or around the release date of OCTOBER 20, 2023. For orders that have multiple items with pre-orders, all items will be held until every item from the order is available to ship. Please contact us with any questions.

preorder - out 10/20/2023

UPC: 889030031204
Label: YOUNG
Format: LP
Release Date: OCTOBER 20, 2023

From UK breakout star to global icon. Sampha’s influence is felt throughout contemporary culture. Across a studied career, the south London singer, songwriter and producer has released a host of era-defining records including 2013’s breakthrough “Dual” EP and his Mercury Music Prize winning debut album, 2017’s Process. No stranger to collaboration, Sampha is also the inimitable voice called upon by some of the greatest artists of our lifetime, from Kendrick Lamar to Stormzy, Drake to Solange, Frank Ocean to Alicia Keys, and musical releases with the best of the underground. His work expands across multiple disciplines, with previous creative partnerships including the fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph.In 2023, he returns with new and highly anticipated album LAHAI.

Taken from his paternal grandfather’s name, which is also Sampha’s middle name, LAHAI revels in the awe and magic of our existence, synthesizing the exquisite chaos that one experiences confronting the cycle of life and the beyondness. Spanning 14-tracks, with contributions from some of Sampha’s closest friends, peers and collaborators including: Yaeji, Léa Sen, Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko), Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson (Black Midi), Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves and Kwake Bass, LAHAI, in contrast to Process, is a communal affair seeing Sampha explore the many ways in which we as humans connect to each other, and to something bigger than ourselves.

“’Spirit 2.0’ gets at Sampha’s best qualities, his ability to hit you in the chest while evaporating into the ether.”
– Pitchfork (Best New Track)

“’Spirit 2.0,’” is a long-awaited return but also a gorgeously pensive check-in: Sampha tiptoes around melodies and orchestrates a elliptical collection of strings, voices and frenetic beats, as if he’s ready to show more of himself after years away from the spotlight but doesn’t want to reveal everything just yet.”
– Billboard (Editor’s Pick)