Live concert by Kelela, celebrating her third album 'new avatar', at the O2 Academy Brixton.
Kelela plays O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday 4 November, her first London date since her last album. She's touring new avatar, her third record, and the set is built around it.
It's been a long wait for this one. Kelela has spent her career carving out a space between R&B and electronic music, and new avatar is the first album to follow that gap. On it, she challenges the usual ways people think about those two genres, weaving together fragments of lived experience into the songwriting. It's the kind of record that asks you to listen to the textures as much as the melodies, and hearing it live is the best way to see how those electronic elements hold up when they're played out loud.
If you've followed her since the early days, you'll know she's always worked at the intersection of the dancefloor and the song. new avatar continues that, but it's her most direct statement yet. The songs are built from the ground up, and the live show lets those details breathe in a way a recording can't quite manage. It's a good night to see where she's taking things next, especially if you've been waiting for this album to finally arrive.
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It's a mid-week one, so keep that in mind if you're coming from across town. The show starts at 19:00 at O2 Academy Brixton, and since it's a Wednesday, you'll want to plan your evening around it. Kelela is the sole name on the bill, so the whole night is hers.
