{"product_id":"dawn-richard-creole-culture-vinyl-lp-due-out-09-10-26","title":"Dawn Richard Creole Culture Vinyl LP Due Out 09\/10\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawn Richard - Creole Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note this is a pre-order item due for release 9th October 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1. A Creole Culture\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Enough\u003cbr\u003e\n3. Only Fans\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Chuuuuurch\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Groove City\u003cbr\u003e\n6. L V R\u003cbr\u003e\n7. Pilates\u003cbr\u003e\n8. Baby, Can We?\u003cbr\u003e\n9. Motives\u003cbr\u003e\n10. Fiesta\u003cbr\u003e\n11. Faith in the Fire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCreole Culture is the triumphant return of Dawn Richard’s King Creole era. Steeped in history but with its flag planted firmly in the future, Creole Culture pulls elements from Richard’s heritage as a Black and Native American woman who has spent a lifetime making and engaging with music. Following New Breed (2019) and Second Line (2021), Creole Culture is akin to a panel of a triptych: a fully-realized sonic and narrative universe in which Richard, as King Creole, rebuilds her hometown of New Orleans in her image. She not only honors her city for what it was or what it gave her, but stakes a claim for it as a cradle of global culture now and for all time. Creole Culture follows two acclaimed avant-garde R\u0026amp;B albums with composer Spencer Zahn — the later of which, 2024’s Quiet in a World Full of Noise, found Richard exorcising the specters of grief and trauma in the wake of her father Frank Richard’s health struggles and the killing of her cousin Cisco. It is a softer take on the brass-soaked swagger of Richard’s previous King Creole efforts, an evolution brought about when she realized she had left a crucial viewpoint out of her exploration of New Orleans: her own. “New Breed was the story of New Orleans through my father’s eyes,” Richard explains. “I used his samples, his music, his cultures, his work with Chocolate Milk, his side of the family. Second Line was my mom — her interludes riddled the album with her depiction of what is meant to be a Creole woman in New Orleans. The masculine and feminine sides of King Creole had expressed themselves through them, but the story felt unfinished, like my version of the story was untold.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assai Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58361083298175,"sku":"MRG896LP","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1565\/5653\/files\/b15a580624f144ac887ca39fd45aa55f.jpg?v=1788513586","url":"https:\/\/assai.co.uk\/products\/dawn-richard-creole-culture-vinyl-lp-due-out-09-10-26","provider":"Assai Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}