Soul Glo Announce Diaspora Problems, Share New Single
Photo by Mitchell Wocjik
Philadelphia punks Soul Glo came out of 2021 with an excellent set of EPs, DisN*gga Vol. 1 and 2, the latter of which was on our Best EPs of 2021 list. Today (Jan. 11), the band announces their latest album Diaspora Problems, out March 25 via Epitaph, the long-awaited follow up to 2019’s THE N**** IN ME IS ME. The band has also shared the album’s first single “Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future)).”
The single is an intense hardcore punk song in the vein of Bad Brains and Black Flag, titans of the genre in the 80s and 90s. Frontman Pierce Jordan’s vicious spitfire lyrics clash in a chaotic fusion with groovy bass and breakneck drums. The accompanying video shows the band testing the limits of their drummer TJ Stevenson, seeing how far and fast he can go.
The band wanted to address the disposability of Black art, saying in a statement:
Many artists feel as though time is a consistent adversary when it comes to the production of their work, but there is a population of people within this group who fear even more the probability of their time permanently coming to a close before they can enjoy the fruit of their labor. Many Black artists who reach superstar status do so posthumously or have a limited amount of time to establish their legacy.
