TV on the Radioâs Tunde Adebimpe has signed to Sub Pop for his debut solo LP, due next year. The first look at the record comes in the form of âMagnetic,â with a self-directed video in which Adebimpe performs in an alley beside a high-energy dancer. Watch it go down below.
Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman said of the signing, in a press release, âWe heartily welcome Tunde Adebimpe to Sub Popâs roster of artists. His inclusion makes the whole lot betterâand a whole lot classier! Weâve waited 20-plus years for Sub Pop to earn the chance to be Tunde Adebimpeâs label.â
News of Adebimpeâs solo album comes as TV on the Radio return to the road after a long pause, playing shows in New York, Los Angeles, and London next month. âMagneticâ is Adebimpeâs formal solo debut, though he released a loosie, âPeople,â in 2010, to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, the Movement for Black Lives, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.