British-born, Nigerian-raised artist and rising alternative voice Mudi Sama announces his debut EP, Will I Make It Out Alive? set for release on August 8th via Special Projects / Avenue A Records / Neon Gold Records. Mudi launches this announcement with the personal yet bold single ‘Pretty Soon’, available to watch HERE. Mudi is also currently the Featured Artist on BBC Radio Shropshire.
Mudi Sama’s sound is steeped in alternative culture, influenced by the 90s Britpop, grunge rock revival, and artists such as Bloc Party, Dominic Fike, Radiohead, and The Strokes. Although Mudi was forming his musical identity during a time when very few black voices cut through a predominantly white early 00s guitar scene, genre trailblazers like Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) and Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion, Blood Orange) galvanised Mudi to become that inspiration for aspiring artists of his own time. Mudi joins peers such as Bakar and Master Peace, who together are shaping the new identity of British indie for the next generation.
‘Pretty Soon’ was co-written by Mudi Sama, Arran George (Callinsick) & Brendan Grieve (Sam Smith, Cat Burns, Kaeto) and produced by Jamie Rendle (Neive Ella, Florence Road, Matt Felix). The track sees Mudi candidly open up about growing up in Nigeria while also looking introspectively at himself. He explains further, “My friend Jerry sent me a poem that he wrote called ‘Pretty Soon’, and it ended up being my inspiration for this song. We grew up together back home in Lagos and ended up moving away to separate countries before then reconnecting in Stratford, London, of all places – ha! This song is an open book, from familial experiences and how I feel about myself; It’s all laid bare. Growing up in Nigeria was hard for me and I know it’s very much a shared sentiment that I’m sure a lot of other people from my home country can relate to; it’s not my intention to invite anyone to a pity party, I’m just being honest.”
Will I Make It Out Alive?
Track list
1. ‘Safehouse’
2. ‘Jealous Type’
3. ’Bad Life’
4. ‘Pretty Soon’
5. ‘Let Go’
6. ‘End Of The World’
7. ‘Ten’