Nine

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AlbumJun 25 / 202110 songs, 34m 7s
Neo-Soul
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7.8 / 10

The elusive UK group’s third album in just over a year—to be made available online for only 99 days—renders Black trauma in the eerie, sing-song cadences of children’s rhymes.

7 / 10

Like last year's 'Untitled (Rise)' and 'Untitled (Black Is)', this fifth record carries vital political and personal weight

The elusive British collective’s fifth album may only be available for 99 days, but continues to tell far more enduring stories.

Sault continued their high level of productivity and inscrutable numeric patterns with Nine, issued nine months after Untitled (Rise) with a warning that it would "only exist for 99 days."

8 / 10

SAULT's new album, NINE, will only be online for 99 days. Making their new album temporarily available is merely the latest in the acclaimed...

A powerfully-painted portrait of lives shaped by structural inequality, discrimination and systematic injusticeLast week music collective SAULT broke months of silence with a rare post on their social media channels.

8 / 10

Sault’s music became intertwined with the events of 2020. Emphatically politicised future soul, the inherent mystery behind the release – the

The enigmatic collective’s fifth album in two years is another masterclass in confounding expectations

The UK soul collective prove you can't get too much of a good thing, review by Barney Harsent

9 / 10