Tank & The Bangas Go Spoken Word Route For New 3-Part Collection ‘The Heart, The Mind, The Soul’

Tank and the Bangas will issue a three-part spoken word album, The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, with all three parts out on August 30 followed by the full project with bonus tracks on October 11 via Verve Forecast. Today, the New Orleans outfit shared part one, The Heart.

Each part of The Heart, The Mind, The Soul sees Tank and the Bangas frontwoman Tarriona “Tank” Ball collaborating with a different producer. The Roots’ James Poyser produced The Heart, Kendrick Lamar collaborator Iman Omari helmed The Mind and renowned producer/jazz artist Robert Glasper handled The Soul.

Tank spoke about how her love of poetry led to the new project.

“I want for poetry to get that much more respect and for even more young people to get into the expression of poetry. I want it to be seen as even more cool again. Poetry has always been my first love because it loved me back, it loved me before music even. now I get to share more of that part of myself with the world, in hopes that you love it to. Everything in this world has its place, the HEART deals with matters of my heart, my relationships with men and the one with myself. The MIND lends itself to the things I think about living as a woman in this world, and the relationships I’ve gone back and forth in my mind about. And the SOUL is a form of subconscious and conscious free flowing poems about myself and the city that raised me.”

Today’s release, The Heart, opens with “A Poem Is” featuring acclaimed singer Jill Scott. Listen to The Heart below:

Catch Tank and the Bangas on the road this summer and fall. Scroll down for the band’s complete itinerary with ticket info.