Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement

Released 3rd May 2024

Kamasi Washington today confirms his new album, Fearless Movement, is set for release May 3 via Young.

Washington calls Fearless Movement his dance album. Its not literal, Washington says. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way its the same thing as musicexpressing your spirit through your body. Thats what this album is pushing.

Dance as an embodied form of expression signals a shift in focus for Washington. Where previous albums dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, Fearless Movement focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. This change in scope is due in large part to the birth of Washingtons first child a few years ago.

Being a father means the horizon of your life all of a sudden shows up, says Washington. My mortality became more apparent to me, but also my immortalityrealizing that my daughter is going to live on and see things that Im never going to see. I had