Yannis & The Yaw features  the late, legendary drummer Tony Allen and Foals’ frontman Yannis Philippakis, their new album  Lagos Paris London will drop on August 30th via Transgressive . The news is accompanied by  the release of the new single “Rain Can’t Reach Us” and confirmation of the line-up for The Yaw’s imminent live shows. The track follows previous singles “Under The Strikes,” and “Under Fire.”

“Rain Can’t Reach Us” is a hypnotic howl of intensity, with Tony Allen’s dexterous rhythms at the eye of the storm. It builds layer-upon-layer from an insistent Afrobeat-tinged loop into Yannis’s full-blooded hook and then the cathartic release of its outro. Its thunderous style fits its lyrics, which imagine the panic and futility of trying to escape from the results of apocalyptic environmental degradation.

Yannis says, “We actually referred to “Rain Can’t Reach Us” as “The Tornado” for a long time because it feels like a gale blowing through your house and it’s just cool to hear Tony at the heart of that. There’s a chance it could have become a Foals track, but sharing that idea with Tony made it become this other thing. I think that’s really exciting, it’s like putting in random coordinates, getting in your car and driving and not knowing where you’re going to show up. You could be led anywhere.”

Yannis & The Yaw
Lagos Paris London
Transgressive Records
Tracklisting

1. Walk Through Fire
2. Rain Can’t Reach Us
3. Night Green, Heavy Love
4. Under The Strikes
5. Clementine

Pre order Lagos Paris London by Yannis & The Yaw HERE