Blood Orange announces new album, Negro Swan

Blood Orange has announced a new album. On August 24, Dev Hynes will release Negro Swan via Domino, with a 2xLP version expected to be released on October 5. As of right now, the full tracklist has yet to be revealed, but that’s the album’s cover above. Take a look at Blood Orange’s upcoming tour dates below.

Hynes said the following about the album in a statement: “My newest album is an exploration into my own and many types of black depression, an honest look at the corners of black existence, and the ongoing anxieties of queer/people of color. A reach back into childhood and modern traumas, and the things we do to get through it all. The underlying thread through each piece on the album is the idea of HOPE, and the lights we can try to turn on within ourselves with a hopefully positive outcome of helping others out of their darkness.”

Negro Swan follows Blood Orange’s 2016 album, Freetown Sound.

Blood Orange tour dates:

7/21 – Chicago, IL – Union Park, Pitchfork Music Festival
8/5 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau, Osheaga Festival
9/14 – Vancouver, BC – The Orpheum, Westward Music Festival
9/15 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
9/16 – Portland, OR – Roseland
9/20 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
9/21 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
9/22 – Las Vegas, NV – Downtown Las Vegas, Life is Beautiful Festival
9/26 – New York, NY – Central Park Summerstage
9/27 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
9/28 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
10/1 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
10/2 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
10/6 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park, Austin City Limits
10/13 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park, Austin City Limits
10/29 – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
10/30 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg Max
11/2 – Paris, FR – Grande Halle de la Villette – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
11/3 – Sun Nov 4 – Turin, IT – Lingotto Fiere, Club To Club Festival
11/6 – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
11/8 – Copenhagen, DK – The Grey Hall
11/7-10 – Reykjavík, Iceland – Iceland Airwaves Festival