Gabriels announce second EP ‘Bloodline’ – hear the title track now

Gabriels have announced details of their second EP.

The Los Angeles soul trio will release the four-track effort, ‘Bloodline’, on December 3. The title track and lead single is streaming now – listen below.

‘Bloodline’ arrives almost exactly a year after its predecessor, ‘Love and Hate in a Different Time’, which served as the three-piece’s opening statement – a blend of neo-soul, funk and gospel. They made a striking debut UK TV turn on ‘Later…with Jools Holland’ back in June, enlisting a massive band that encompassed backing singers and a string section.

They’ll appear at the first-ever London leg of Pitchfork Music Festival this Friday (November 12), before returning to the UK next spring for an eight-date tour in support of Celeste. Led by the powerful, gospel-inflected vocals of frontman Jacob Lusk, Gabriels have a British connection in production mastermind Ryan Hope, who hails from Sunderland and rounds out the lineup along with Lusk and fellow producer Ari Balouzian.

The group also came to wider attention last year when Lusk delivered a stunning version of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ through a megaphone at a Black Lives Matter march. You can watch that below.

You can also check out the group’s scheduled tour dates so far below.

2021:

11^th November – Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht

12^th November – Pitchfork Music Festival, London SOLD OUT

16^th November – Columbia Theater, Berlin SOLD OUT

17^th November – FiftyLab Festival, Brussels SOLD OUT

19^th November – Pitchfork Music Festival, Paris SOLD OUT

2^nd December – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles SOLD OUT

2022:

31^st March – O2 Institute, Birmingham (w/ Celeste)

3^rd April – O2 Academy, Bristol (w/ Celeste)

7^th April – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (w/ Celeste)

12^th April – Corn Exchange, Cambridge (w/ Celeste)

16^th April – Albert Hall, Manchester (w/ Celeste)

17^th April – Albert Hall, Manchester (w/ Celeste)

21^st April – Roundhouse, London (w/ Celeste)

22^nd April – Roundhouse, London (w/ Celeste)