Listen :: Loyle Carner - Stars & Shards

Words: Sam Geary

Recently featured as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, on the rise MC Loyle Carner has unveiled ‘Stars & Shards’, his new single which will be released on AMF Records on June 17.

Crossing East Coast hip-hop, jazz-inflected portraits of South London, and soulful, laid back poetry, with Carner’s lyrical honesty  - ‘Stars & Shards’ is about one of Carner’s friends who lost their way - the follow-up to debut ‘A Little Late’ EP and last single ‘Aint Nothing Changed’ is sure to win him even more plaudits.

Carner has also announced he will play 10 live shows this autumn dates, including London's KOKO on October 5. See dates below.

As well as the new single and tour, the London-based artist has recently teamed up for a charity project with GOMA Collective. Together they are setting up a cookery school for children aged between 14 - 16 living with ADHD. More information here.



UK live dates

September
28 – The Bullingdon – Oxford
29 – King Tuts – Glasgow
30 – Academy 2 – Newcastle
October
1 – The Plug – Sheffield
2 – Institute – Birmingham
4 – Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich
5 – Koko – London
6 – Concorde 2 – Brighton
8 – Marble Factory – Bristol
9 – Gorilla – Manchester