{"id":1385,"date":"2015-12-01T21:08:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mozez.co.uk\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2020-06-14T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:47:50","slug":"mozez-new-album-wings-out-now-on-itunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mozez.co.uk\/site\/mozez-new-album-wings-out-now-on-itunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozez new album Wings out now on iTunes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNew album Wings from Mozez ( long term Zero 7 and Nightmares On Wax collaborator) is out now on iTunes!<\/a><\/b>
\nLong before Sam Smith and Jess Glynne got their start as collaborators with the likes of Disclosure and Rudimental, Jamaican soul singer Mozez was helping influential soothing club duo Zero 7 to tell their story with an unhurried simplicity.
\nAcross two albums at the turn of the \u201800s, it was Mozez\u2019s graceful voice that shone alongside the then-unknown Sia and Sophie Barker in Zero 7\u2019s compelling comedown music. Blessed with a skyscraping voice, while knowing when to keep his vocals unadorned, you\u2019d have bet on Mozez becoming as successful as Sia, especially when his debut solo album, 2006\u2019s haunting So Still, won rave reviews. Since then, other than touring as the singer for long-time friend Nightmares On Wax, Mozez has been silent.
\nUntil now. Nine years on, and the perfectionist singer\/writer\/producer is ready to emerge with Wings, an album that\u2019s definitely worth waiting for. If its lyrics tell of a man at the crossroads, unsure which path to take in life, there\u2019s a certainty to the music across its lush, beautiful landscape. Not a note is wasted, and you won\u2019t hear 12 songs that are better sung<\/i> all year. Mozez, it\u2019s clear, is a man who knows the true meaning of song.
\nWings\u2019 title track and first single has already garnered praise from Dermot O\u2019Leary at Radio 2 and 6 Music\u2019s Tom Robinson, with the video notching over a million YouTube hits. Wings opens the album, and what follows are rich, varied textures that encompass the absurdly catchy A Place Called Home and Hannah, the dark drama of Planets, Run River\u2019s choppy funk, unsettling Brian Eno ambience on Phillia and Broken Toy\u2019s multi-coloured psychedelia.
\nWhat unites the songs is that, for all the troubles about love, money and friendship within, there\u2019s a strong message of hope throughout. \u201cThe point of the record is optimism,\u201d nods Mozez. \u201cThere\u2019s so much frustration and trouble in society, but the future is what we as humanity make of it. We\u2019re in a state of metamorphosis, and my view is we can have a grand future if we can come to a collective consciousness.\u201d
\nDownload Wings on iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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