binki has returened with new single “Doomsday.” The release follows last month’s “Rocket Ship” and the announcement of his upcoming EP Antennae, due on June 16th on Fader Label. Having opened for The 1975 earlier this year – and cut his teeth Live with shows alongside the likes of Alex G, Gus Dapperton, King Princess, Role Model and Glass Animals – binki is set to head out on a US headline tour in June, with a 16-date run on sale now.

“These days, I just like to know what I’m in for” binki confesses on ‘Doomsday’, a moment of both reflection and nonchalance recalling the existential doubt of Kurt Vile. For binki, “the title says a lot about this song. Doomsday. It’s like, would you want to know the day the world’s gonna end. I think uncertainty is the scariest thing in the world. People are completely paralyzed by it. To an extent we all shape our lives around maintaining a certain level of certainty. People stay in shitty relationships, just because it’s comfortable. I think you can either live your life based in fear or based in love. So I’ve always tried to let love guide my decisions. At least all of the big life altering decisions. It would be psychotic to not be scared of anything, but I think as much as you can, you should let love lead you.”

‘Doomsday’ is off his EP, Antennae – a collection of cathartic off-the-cuff anecdotes, with deeper meanings that zero in on where he stands in the world right now. A first generation American whose family originates from Kenya, Baraka Ongeri (binki) grew up in Pennsylvania before moving to New York in 2018, after getting a degree in acting at UNC Greensboro. binki retains that sense of drama and voyeurism within his songs, with a sound that remains kinetic, urgent and increasingly unbound: today, iconoclast influences range from Siouxsie Sioux and King Krule to Tyler, The Creator.

“Songs should be high stakes,” binki emphasizes, and his new EP sounds like Ongeri’s biggest risk (and greatest reward) yet. It’s binki coming into focus as an artist through the choices he makes, with unguarded and at times unsettling vignettes held together by a vision that remains singular. An Antennae tuned in to binki alone.

binki 2023 Tour Dates

08.07.23 || Washington || DC9
10.07.23 || Carrboro || Cat’s Cradle Back Room
11.07.23 || Atlanta || Vinyl
13.07.23 || Dallas || Dada
14.07.23 || Houston || White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
15.07.23 || Austin || Empire Control Room
17.07.23 || Phoenix || Valley Bar
18.07.23 || San Diego || Constellation Room
19.07.23 || Los Angeles || The Roxy
21.07.23 || San Francisco || Café du Nord
23.07.23 || Seattle || Capitol Hill Block Party
24.07.23 || Portland || Mississippi Studios
26.07.23 || Salt Lake City || Kilby Court
27.07.23 || Denver || Marquis
29.07.23 || Minneapolis || 7th Street Entry
30.07.23 || Chicago || Sleeping Village
31.07.23 || Columbus || The Basement
02.08.23 || Philadelphia || The Foundry at The Fillmore
03.08.23 || Cambridge || The Sinclair
04.08.23 || Brooklyn || Music Hall of Williamsburg