Tinariwen Shares New Single ‘Zawal’ Featuring Warren Ellis

Last month, Tinariwen announced their new album, Amadjar, which is due out on September 6 via ANTI-Records. Now, the group has unveiled another new song off the record, “Zawal,” as a follow-up to lead single “Taqkal Tarha.”

Tinariwen’s new single was written by Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni about witnessing the first solar eclipse and features Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds violinist Warren Ellis plus Noura Mint Seymali and Jeiche Ould Chighaly. As described in a statement about the song, “Most people are terrified and believe it is the last judgement, but the narrator remains unconcerned and keeps riding his dromedary across the desert.”

Listen to the track below:

The group has also announced the North American leg of their Fall Tour 2019, which spans from September to October. Starting from its kick-off point in Texas, the desert band will route through the South to the Mid-Atlantic and New England in September. In October, the group will head west, with tour stops throughout the Rocky Mountains and West Coast. Notably, the band will headline the tour with the exception of their Los Angeles show on October 2, where they’ll support Vampire Weekend. Tinariwen also has a European tour scheduled from October through November.