Ibibio Sound Machine to release new album, ‘Doko Mien’ this spring

Londoners Ibibio Sound Machine are to release a new album this spring.

‘Doko Mien’ (Ibibio for ‘tell me’) will be out on 22nd March via Merge, It’s the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Uyai’.

“Music is a universal language, but spoken language can help you think about what makes you emotional, what makes you feel certain feelings, what you want to see in the world,” says frontwoman Eno Williams.

The track listing for ‘Doko Mien’ is:

‘Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka)’
‘Wanna Come Down’
‘Tell Me (Doko Mien)’
‘I Know That You’re Thinking About Me’
‘I Will Run’
‘Just Go Forward (Ka I So)’
‘She Work Very Hard’
‘Nyak Mien’
‘Kuka’
‘Guess We’ve Found a Way’
‘Basquiat’

They head out on tour from early March.

MARCH
5 Brighton Concorde 2
9 Bristol Colston Hall
13 London 100 Club
14 London 100 Club
15 Manchester YES
16 Manchester YES
18 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
20 New York, NY Brooklyn Bowl
22 Montréal, QC L’Astral
23 Toronto, ON Mod Club
25 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
27 Oakland, CA New Parish
28 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom

MAY
4 Live at Leeds
5 Handmade Festival
24 All Points East

Listen to ‘Tell Me (Doko Mien)’ below.