Hiatus Kaiyote "Mood Valiant" Backpacks focusing on the social-political conditions

focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain

After lead singer Wayne Static and drummer Ken Jay met at a Virgin Records store in Chicago

Strap yourselves in for the sonic ride of your life

the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums

Red House Painters

Hiatus Kaiyote "Mood Valiant" Backpacks focusing on the social-political conditionsHiatus Kaiyote return in 2021 with their new album Mood Valiant, on Brainfeeder Records Ninja Tune. The twice Grammy nominated band is comprised of Naomi Nai Palm Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys), and Perrin Moss (drums) and the new album is the follow up to their 2015 album Choose Your Weapon, which Rolling Stone described as "a stunning step up" and took them from Glastonbury to Fuji Rock, from rocking the Roots