Ezra Collective have announced a major world tour and a new studio album. The Mercury Prize-winning London quintet will release Here Because Of Hope on 18 September through Partisan Records. They launched the news today alongside a brand new single called ‘Well Organised.’
The track features Jamaican reggae singer Lila Iké and samples youth club steel pans. Drummer Femi Koleoso caught the original melody on his phone during a London workshop. The band then built the track around that voice note, adding a heavy dub bassline and sharp brass hooks.
The 17-track album spans three distinct musical chapters. It maps how Black music travels and transforms, linking African rhythms with Caribbean sounds and modern London club culture. Actor Letitia Wright narrates the spoken interludes, while Leona Lewis and Pa Salieu make guest appearances.
A global tour begins on 30 September at Perth’s Astor Theatre in Australia to support the release. The band play Brisbane on 2 October before hitting the Move My Way festivals in Sydney and Melbourne on 3 and 4 October.
After autumn dates in Asia, the tour reaches North America on 12 November at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club. Stops follow in Toronto on 16 November and New York on 18 November, before a major UK and European arena run wraps up with two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in March 2027.
