Veteran TV on the Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe is breaking out on his own—signing to Sub Pop for his incendiary solo debut Thee Black Boltz, due later this year. Far from a quiet step away from his band, Adebimpe enlists TVOTR bandmates Jaleel Bunton and Jahphet Landis for surprise cameos, fusing their smoldering rhythm work with a combustible synth‑pop engine.
On Thee Black Boltz, Adebimpe’s rich, resonant voice weaves allegorical tales of societies teetering toward violent authoritarianism, set against waves of analog synths, jagged drum loops, and walls of guitar feedback. It’s part dystopian manifesto, part dance‑floor insurgency—an album so potent you could easily mistake it for a “very cool metal band,” as Adebimpe himself quips.
Expect razor‑sharp hooks, relentless grooves, and lyrics that stare down the collapse of our world and dare you to keep moving. The first single lands soon—prepare for a revolution in sound.