Ezra Collective announce forthcoming album, Dance, No One’s Watching

To celebrate the album announcement, the band have released the second single from the project featuring acclaimed London singer Yazmin Lacey, “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing”, which follows on from "Ajala".

Speaking of the single, Femi Koleoso also notes: “Myself, Ife, and TJ all grew up in church, and it played a massive role in how we view the purpose of dancing. Dancing is bigger than just the club space. Dancing is a community thing, dancing is a spiritual thing, and ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’ is like a window into that element of Ezra Collective for the five of us. There’s a story in the Bible that talks about ‘David dancing before the Lord’, and that’s always been something that has inspired me. So, ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’ is meant to look at dancing in a more spiritual capacity, like it’s our God-given ability to shake away the badness of life and dance instead.”

In addition to becoming the first ever Jazz act to win the Mercury Prize in its 31-year history for their critically-acclaimed album, Where I’m Meant To Be, they sold out their entire UK/EU/US tour (including their Hammersmith and Royal Albert Hall headlines), won Best Jazz Act at last year’s MOBO Awards, held one of the most revered sets at Glastonbury, and performed at Quincy Jones’ star-studded birthday party.

Continuing to make historic feats, they will become the first UK Jazz act to headline London’s OVO Arena Wembley on 15 November.