Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz

Tunde Adebimpe is known as the co-founder, songwriter and vocalist of one of the most acclaimed art rock bands of the 00s, TV on the Radio. After 24 years within this refined troupe of musicians, he's finally ready to stand alone on his debut solo album, "Thee Black Boltz".

Tunde initially conceived of the album in 2019, while TV On The Radio was on a break. Two years later, as the world was emerging out of the global Covid pandemic, he started to put ideas down on paper; specifically, a notebook, which captures a free-thinking mix of words, illustrations and ideas.

"Thee Black Boltz" is not a TV On The Radio album. But in a lot of ways, the excitement of doing something on his own for the first time ignited a similar spark in him as the early TV On The Radio days. At the heart of the album is its title, a nod to Tunde’s propensity to write and sing about the human condition, in all its forms, under all its stressors, both big and small. It is his response to the macro unease of a post-pandemic world careening towards violent authoritarianism and the personal grief that has come from loss in recent years, specifically the sudden passing of his younger sister while making this album. "Thee Black Boltz" is Tunde’s desperate grasping of small moments of joy amidst the dissonance and sadness, any way he can.