We’re only two weeks away from the release of Zun Zun Egui‘s second album Shackle’s Gift. The album is due out on January 26th via Bella Union.
Following their first single ‘I Want You to Know’, the Bristol based outfit enticed the album further with the new cut ‘African Tree’. According to the label, “‘African Tree’ strolls past on a marching band rhythm, complete with an arena-sized chorus and Kyuss-heavy stoner rock guitars”. Take a listen now.

Almost five years ago to the day, I was lucky to be at one of the most frantic, mad and incredible live shows I’d ever been to. Playing a support slot at The Luminaire, Bristol based quartet Zun Zun Egui stole the show beginning with lead singer and guitarist Kushal Gaya out of the blue breaking out into a bonkers multilingual tribal chanting right in the middle of the audience. From there, they’ve won everyone over with their fast-paced tropical and funky wall of sound.
We’ve been keeping tabs on what they’ve been up to ever since, and Zun Zun Egui have just announced the release of Shackle’s Gift. which follows their 2011 debut Katang. The album. recorded in London and produced by Fuck Button’s Andrew Hung, drops on January 26th via Bella Union.

Kushal described Shackle’s Gift as a “British rock record made by a British group” and the first track to be unveiled, ‘I Want You to Know’, serves as a taste off it. Here it is.