Ezra Collective have dropped new single “Jubilee Feeling”, the track is off the band’s forthcoming LP Here Because of Hope, dropping on September 11 via Partisan Records (Interpol, Blondshell, Cigarettes After Sex). “Jubilee Feeling” is paired with a video, directed by Ebenezer Blanche and shot in London.

Speaking on the video, bandleader Femi Koleoso says “Something we love deeply in the EZ is the feeling of raving and partying like you’re listening to classic British electronic music, but hearing Bebop and Jazz language. That juxtaposition is so EZ, so UK Jazz, so precious. The video is meant to demonstrate that juxtaposition – the dress code and vibes being so early ‘00s, but the music being so new and fresh; how nights out can spiral into so many different things but end up being this feeling of unmatched joy, a Jubilee Feeling”.

The first instrumental to be released from the record, “Jubilee Feeling” represents the London movement of an album tracing the journey of Black music from West Africa, through the Caribbean and ultimately into Britain. Bringing together the musical traditions of UK jazz with the euphoric energy of 2010s Funky House, the track is a joyous celebration of the city and sounds that shaped Ezra Collective, built around a piano performance from Joe Armon-Jones.

For bandleader Femi Koleoso, the idea of “Jubilee” carries an even deeper meaning:

“The word Jubilee is very precious to me. Not just because it’s the name of the church I grew up at, and the name of the youth group I work at, but its actual meaning — ‘the year of Jubilee, a year when everyone’s debts are settled, all prisoners set free’ — is almost like an equalisation day, a celebration to say we can start all over again.

I often think about what that feeling of Jubilee must be like; being someone who maybe doesn’t even deserve to be set free, to have your debts wiped, but it happens anyway. I think that is such a picture of euphoric joy.

Something that brought me serious, euphoric joy is the Funky House movement of the early 2010s. Ezra Collective, we as a band, love this music — it makes us dance, it makes us feel great. So, Jubilee Feeling is a song that marries UK Jazz and Funky House to embody this feeling that we’ve called the Jubilee Feeling: a joy that you almost don’t deserve.”

Ezra Collective 2026 Tour Dates

30 AUG 2026 / Lincoln, UK / Lost Village
26 FEB / Bristol, UK / The Prospect Building – SOLD OUT
27 FEB / Bristol, UK / The Prospect Building – SOLD OUT
28 FEB / Bristol, UK / The Prospect Building
03 MAR / Nottingham, UK / Rock City – SOLD OUT
08 MAR / Glasgow, UK / O2 Academy
10 MAR / Edinburgh, UK / Usher Hall
12 MAR / Manchester, UK / Warehouse, Aviva Studios – SOLD OUT
13 MAR / Manchester, UK / Warehouse, Aviva Studios
14 MAR / Birmingham, UK / O2 Academy
18 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton — SOLD OUT
19 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton — SOLD OUT
20 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT
21 MAR / London, UK / O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT

Pre-order Because of Hope by Ezra Collective HERE