3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito is proud to announce his eagerly anticipated new album, Son of a Broken Man, available Friday, October 18 via his own Storefront Records. Son of a Broken Man is heralded by the premiere of two album highlights, “California Loner” and “Runaway From You,” both available everywhere now.
“When I was 12 years old, my dad stopped talking to me and kicked me out of the house,” said Fantastic Negrito’s Xavier Dphrepaulezz.“I never saw him again and he ended up dying while I was in foster care. This is me talking to him and telling him what I’ve done with my life.”
Son of a Broken Man sees Fantastic Negrito encapsulating the inimitable elements of his celebrated body of work to date, from hard-hitting distorted guitar riffs to melodic and expressive ballads, all fueled by the unexpected twists that have become his trademark. The album stands as perhaps Fantastic Negrito’s most personal thus far, exploring family, deception, and the human desire to hide the true self as he dives deep into one of the oldest conflicts in human history, the struggle between father and son. Beginning at a young age, Negrito was served untruths by his father. A made-up last name, a fabricated ancestry, and a fake Somali accent. Why lie? Why create this false narrative? Those are the questions Negrito had to ask himself and the questions that lie at the heart of Son of a Broken Man.
Son of a Broken Man was preceded earlier this summer by “Undefeated Eyes,” a deeply soulful collaboration with 17x GRAMMY Award-winning® legend Sting.
What do you think about these first singles off Fantastic Negrito’s upcoming album Son of a Broken Man?
Fantastic Negrito On Tour:
October
15 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
18 – Bogota, Colombia – Royal House
20 – Mexico City, Mexico – Auditorio BB
24 – São Paulo, Brazil – Cine Joia
25 – Santiago, Chile – Club Chocolate
26 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Teatro Vorterix
29 – London, United Kingdom – Islington Assembly Hall
30 – Gloucester, United Kingdom – Gloucester Guildhall
31 – Manchester, United Kingdom – The Blues Kitchen Manchester
November
3 – Oberhausen, Germany – Hotelik Gdanska
5 – Berlin, Germany – Quasimodo
6 – Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher
7 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Beta
10 – Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret Scene
13 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
14 – Gent, Belgium – Muziekclub Wintercircus
15 – Paris, France – La Cigale
18 – Villeurbanne, France – Transbordeur
20 – Barcelona, Spain – La Nau
21 – Valencia, Spain – 16 Toneladas
22 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Cool
