LISTENING TO - Up All Night by SAULT

SAULT are a loose and constantly rotating music collective based in London. Attracting a serious amount of critical plaudits, plus a Mercury Prize nomination for a series of recent albums Black Is, Rise and recently Nine.

The music is a fascinatingly broad ranging mix of R&B,Soul and funk stylings. Through these exploring their responses to the Black Lives Matter movement, the George Floyd killing and experience of racism. All without it ever becoming worthy, preachy or heavy handed. Its personal and punchy in all senses of the word.

In this social media era, its remarkable so little is really known about them. SAULT are helmed by the producer Inflo, two regular contributors are Kid Sister and Cleo Sol, notable featured artists have been Little Simz and Michael Kiwanuka. 

On Up All Night is from an earlier album called simply 5, on it we find a lighter tone and a deft paean to the pleasures and joys of dance culture.