I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Indirectly creating the definitive quarantine album, Ghostpoet is stronger than ever

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Obaro Ejimiwe combines weighty lyrics with delicately intimate sounds. Often, though, you long for the gloom to lift

A masterful soundtrack to a failing society.

‘I haven’t reached my peak,’ artist prophesied on his last album, and now he proves he was right

Obaro Ejimiwe is still sleepless and sounds every bit the part on the fifth Ghostpoet album, his first since 2017's Dark Days + Canapés.

Ghostpoet has the lyrical ability to depict life’s panoramas and minutiae with an equally deft hand - delicate sketches sit alongside huge existential questions on love, society and prejudice.

There are high expectations for Ghostpoet’s new album and rightly so. The two-time Mercury Prize nominee’s previous record – the

Obaro Ejimiwe returns as Ghostpoet with a dark, haunted record that expresses the desperation and anxiety of contemporary life

The ruminative British singer returns with an album freighted with worries

Album Reviews: Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

Albums by big stars are slipping from release schedules, as artists and labels hastily make new promotional plans in the wake of lockdown.