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. Pre-orders are available now. Fantastic Negrito’s first full-length release since last year’s acclaimed Grandfather Courage, Son of a Broken Man is heralded by today’s 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.”
LISTEN TO “CALIFORNIA LONER”
LISTEN TO “RUNAWAY FROM YOU”
PRE-ORDER SON OF A BROKEN MAN
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.
Tracklist:
First To Betray Me (Interlude)
Runaway From You
Skirty
Hope Somebody’s Loving You
God Damn Biscuit
Living With Strangers
Life With Zollie (Zollie-Land) (Interlude)
Devil In My Pocket
Crooked Road
Feeling Like A Loner
My Only Friend Is You
The Children Are Waiting (Interlude)
This Little Light Of Mine
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 available everywhere now. Recorded in 2020 at Fantastic Negrito’s West Oakland studio, just days before COVID lockdown policies went into effect, the track is joined by an official music video co-starring the two iconic artists, filmed last month in Nieuwpoort, Belgium and streaming now at YouTube.
LISTEN TO “UNDEFEATED EYES (FEAT. STING)”
WATCH “UNDEFEATED EYES (FEAT. STING)” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
Fantastic Negrito is currently celebrating the upcoming arrival of Son of a Broken Man with a truly epic international tour schedule, continuing September 7 at Novato, CA’s Hopmonk Tavern and then returning to Europe and the United Kingdom in late October. Additional US headline dates will be announced soon. For complete details, please visit www.fantasticnegrito.com/tour.
FANTASTIC NEGRITO - WORLD TOUR 2024
SEPTEMBER
7 – Novato, CA – Hopmonk Tavern
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
