Kokoroko

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Kokoroko are determined to keep pace. After the success of their early EP in 2019, their debut full-length Could We Be More was long-awaited.

Fronted by a female horn section, Kokoroko have gone on to expand far beyond just paying tribute to those that came before. With Sheila Maurice-Grey on Trumpet, Anoushka Nanguy on Trombone for live shows, Ayo Salawu on drums, Onome Edgeworth on percussion, Duane Atherley on bass, Tobi Adenaike-Johnson on guitar andYohan Kebede on keys and synths to complete the vibrant ensemble, their debut album saw them find the sweet spot. They seamlessly blend a melting pot of influences and experiences to usher in a new future, while drawing from the past and present. Whether that’s through the dreamlike synths that weave around the urgent percussion, distorted electric guitar solos or a horn section so melodic and expressive that it makes you forget to miss lyrics. There’s a dynamic, bustling trademark London energy to the arrangements at times, alongside a sense of space and weightlessness that resists location and categorisation altogether.