Blood Orange drops Freetown Sound early, with video

Dev Hynes has released the third album under his R&B/electronica moniker Blood Orange. Freetown Sound was scheduled to drop the LP Friday, July 1, but Hynes surprised everyone with an official leak just after midnight Tuesday. The album—named after the capital of Sierra Leone, where his father grew up—features contributions from Debbie Harry, Nelly Furtado, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. Blood Orange also released a video for the new song “Augustine.”

The album is available from Domino and multiple streaming services. Here’s an updated tracklist:
1. By Ourselves
2. Augustine
3. Chance
4. Best to You
5. With Him
6. E.V.P.
7. Love Ya
8. But You
9. Desirée
10. Hands Up
11. Hadron Collider
12. Squash Squash
13. Juicy 1-4
14. Better Than Me
15. Thank You
16. I Know
17. Better Numb

Read our review of Blood Orange’s last album, 2013’s Cupid Deluxe.

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