New music from incredibly talented improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author Tanya Tagaq is always wonderful news, and we could not be more excited to know that she has a new album on the way. Entitled Saputjiji (Sa-put-yee-yee), which means designated protector, the album was produced by Sumach (Gonjasufi) and longtime drummer and collaborator Jean Martin, and it also features contributions from Jeffrey Ziegler (cello), Kevin Hearn (keys/synths), Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham (vocals), Patrick O’Reilly (electric guitar), and Celina Kalluk (vocals).

Tagaq has long used her voice to portray and protest environmental and human rights violations and abuse and Saputjiji is no different. Described as “a potent counter-strike against billionaires, genocide, abuse and colonial systems”, on the upcoming album Tagaq “aim[s] straight at the jugular of the military-industrial-capitalist-tech powers of the times.”

We’ll have to wait until March 6th for Saputjiji to be out through Six Shooter but we can already hear the powerful and purposeful first single, ‘Foxtrot’, featuring vocals by Damian Abraham. Take a listen now.