Toni Sancho announces new EP ‘Declare Me Dead!’

Trinidad-born, London-bred artist Toni Sancho has shared details of her second EP, ‘Declare Me Dead!’. It’ll follow on from her debut project, ‘Heaven Knows!’, which landed back in May last year, and is set for release on 8th August. 

“Since my last EP, I decided to just pull back a little bit,” Toni has said, referring to a step back from visibility after her first EP’s release. “When so many people are perceiving you, you almost don’t see yourself correctly… I definitely pulled back from being as open about my process.”

“This record is much more grounded,” she continues, of the five-track release, which was recorded with SHRINK. “And I’m much more grounded now. These emotions aren’t just about me and myself, but about how I operate in the world, and how I see the world as well.” 

Alongside news of her forthcoming release, she’s also shared its title track, and scheduled a headline show in London at The Forge at The Lower Third for 13th August. “To be engulfed in darkness is a difficult thing but we must acknowledge that this can happen to any of us,” Toni has said, of the EP’s lead single. “Sometimes we can allow negativity to seep into our body and mind so profoundly that we must say goodbye to parts of ourselves completely it in order to move forward at all. Sometimes certain parts of you cannot come along, and sometimes you must let parts of you die. This is what this record represents. I have struggled deeply to conquer myself even before this journey of music, and sometimes it just takes a really long time to learn a certain lesson.

“I wrote this song two years ago now, but in some strange way as I am putting this out now, there is no truer piece of work that can represent what I am going through both as an artist and a person. It is all truly aligned and is my deepest honour to be experiencing this and sharing it with people.”

Listen to ‘Declare Me Dead!’ below, and buy tickets for her headline show via DICE.