NONAME

releases highly-anticipated Debut Album

‘ROOM 25’

+ touring Australia this month

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Praise for NONAME

“Fully-Fledged Maverick”
The New York Times

“In L.A., a reticent poet-turned-rapper takes a step toward the spotlight.”
The FADER

“A breath of fresh air”
The Chicago Reader

“An immensely vulnerable album”
NPR

“Inspiring and gripping”
Pitchfork

“It’s some of the year’s most thought-provoking hip-hop”
Rolling Stone

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Today, NONAME is releasing her highly anticipated debut album, Room 25. The 11-track album, with cover artwork by Chicago artist Bryant Giles, is being released independently and sees Noname return as a more mature and experienced artist. Room 25 has received early praise from The New York Times, calling her a “Full-Fledged Maverick” in their Critic’s Pick review. Noname also recently opened up about her life since she released her debut mixtape Telefone in The FADER‘s Fall Fashion issue.

Rather than cash in on the hype around her extremely well-received 2016 debut mixtape Telefone, Noname took two years to play shows backed by a full band and refine her craft before releasing her follow up project. Over the last few months anticipation for her new album steadily built with Noname dropping a stream of hints that its release was approaching. Telefone established Noname as one of the most promising and unique voices in hip hop, and with Room 25 she stakes out her place as one of the best lyricists in the genre and comes into her own as a fully realised artist as she achieves mastery over the style she developed with her first tape.

Room 25 arrives a little over two years after Noname released her breakout mixtape Telefone. Upon its release, Telefone received nearly universal acclaim and propelled Noname to become one of the most exciting new voices in music. The intimate mixtape cut through the noise of an oversaturated musical landscape like few other releases have in the last several years. Since the release of Telefone, Noname has built an international presence, successfully touring the world and playing the top festivals. In 2017, she also touched the Saturday Night Live stage alongside collaborator and childhood friend Chance the Rapper to perform a song of his Colouring Book album. The New York Times called her SNL performance “a master class in poise, delivery, and self-assuredness.“

Noname (AKA Fatimah Warner) grew up in Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago that famously attracted accomplished black artists and intellectuals of all types. Fatimah first discovered her love for wordplay while taking a creative writing class as a sophomore in high school. She became enamoured with poetry and spoken word – pouring over Def Poetry Jam clips on YouTube and attending open mics around the city. After impressive appearances as Noname Gypsy on early Chance the Rapper and Mick Jenkins mixtapes, she gained a cult-like following online that helped set the stage for the life-changing release of Telefone.

Room 25 is out now, buy/stream it on Apple Music, Spotify and more.

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Artwork by Bryant Giles.
Photography by Chantal Anderson.

Room 25

Track-listing

Self
Blaxploitation
Prayer Song ft. Adam Ness
Window ft. Phoelix
Don’t Forget About Me
Regal 
Montego Bae ft. Ravyn Lenae
Ace ft. Smino, Saba
Part of Me ft. Phoelix, Benjamin Earl Turner
With You 
no name ft. Yaw, Adam Ness

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Penny Drop & Chugg Entertainment present

Noname

Fri 21 Sept –  Melbourne – The Forum w/ Genesis Owusu + Colette (TIX)
Sat 22 Sept – Melbourne – Listen Out (SOLD OUT)
Sun 23 Sept – Perth – Listen Out (SOLD OUT)
Tues 25 Sept –  Sydney – Metro Theatre w/ Genesis Owusu + Flex Mami (TIX)
Sat 29 Sept – Sydney – Listen Out (SOLD OUT)
Sun 30 Sept – Brisbane – Listen Out (SOLD OUT)

For more tour info
head to pennydrop.com

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AMNPLIFY – DB