Ahead of the release of their new album SHAME, out November 1 via Arts & Crafts. OMBIIGIZI have shared “City Trials,” the track follows other of Shame, singles “Laminate The Sky,” “Connecting,” and “Ziibi.”

“Shame is a thing we all share,” the band says of the album’s title and core theme. “While the last album [2022’s debut Sewn Back Together] focused a lot on the positive force of healing despite odds, SHAME let’s things slide – it shares the things we don’t always say, it calls to others to heal and reminds them it’s OK – to feel, to be angry or sad, and that the world we experience can set the drag on high. But always it calls you in and forward.”

The Anishinaabe revival is accelerating. Our artists are becoming more resurgent in all realms: telling the stories, singing the songs, and creating the imagery to further solidify our everlasting presence on this land. The soundtrack to this movement is diverse, profound, and beautiful. The Anishinaabe sonic revolution is richly layered and wide-reaching, inspiring and influencing all generations to gather, sing, and speak, as we’ve always done. And at the core of this renewal are artists like Ombiigizi.

Adam Sturgeon and Daniel Monkman have come together in the spirit of making noise in a good way for our people. They have documented this moment in time while paying homage to the ancestors who kept our language and stories alive. There is a deep respect and love for Anishinaabe sounds and voices. They proudly tell family and community stories, and they exquisitely conjure a hopeful future that will result from our current collective efforts to share our realities with each other and the world. – Waubgeshig Rice

OMBIIGIZI
SHAME
TRACKLIST

1. Laminate The Sky
2. Street Names And Land Claims
3. Connecting
4. What Was Said
5. Hands Are Up
6. City Trials
7. Photograph
8. Ziibi
9. Oil Spills
10. Shame

2024 Live dates

Sep 27 – Pop Montreal – MDP sur De Gaspé
Nov 22 – The Monarch Tavern – Toronto, ON
Nov 23 – TBA – London, ON

Pre-order Shame HERE