NEW MUSIC: KAWALA | HYPNOTIZED

London-based alt-pop band KAWALA premiered a new song, “Hypnotized,” which is taken from their upcoming debut album “Better With You,” which is out on March 4, 2022. Built around a gentle acoustic riff and a snaking bassline, ‘Hypnotized’ feels like KAWALA at their absolute peak. The song builds slowly, drawing you in with its enthralling melodies and a stunning performance from both Jim and Daniel, before ending in a big festival-ready chorus set to come into its own this summer. Containing a spectrum of thoughts, feelings and observations, the band’s debut album, ‘Better With You,’ is driven by golden melodies, danceable afrobeat-inspired rhythms and immediate harmonies that create a genuinely encompassing atmosphere across its ten songs. The album follows a series of acclaimed EPs and live shows from the North London band over the last two years, which has seen them establish a community-focused fanbase. Fittingly, their debut album is a celebration of this communality, with a lyrical thread running through its songs charting the band’s growth as people and as artists. The record’s artwork helps reflect this, with the band having chosen to ask several individuals who have helped them along the way to paint or draw different panels that eventually formed the overall mosaic of the cover. The album marks the culmination of years of work that has seen the band grow from humble beggings to today's world-class act.