Name: The Long Goodbye
Brand: Riz Ahmed

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-MNG-1LE

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Rough Trade NYC

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UPC / Barcode

5060384617800

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Riz Ahmed

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Mongrel Records

Albums of the Year 2020

<i>The Long Goodbye</i> is the new album from Riz Ahmed. Its 9 tracks were recorded in London, and are a bracingly emotional exploration of identity and belonging through the distinctive, culturally hybrid sound that he and Redinho forged on their critically acclaimed collaboration as part of Swet Shop Boys. The album places a personal lens on the divided times we live in, examining the rise of homeland alienation that so many of us feel, through the metaphor of a romantic breakup.

Over the span of the album, Ahmed lays out this bold, emotional take on our political reality. The noise and chaos of the world right now is filtered through his stubbornly inventive, searching, and emotionally rooted vision - capturing our attention through feeling, rather than hurling lyrical soundbites in an endless debate. He lays out a warning about our world, and a roadmap to overcoming the heartbreak and rejection of hateful times through self-knowledge, and self love. These songs are the end result.

The Long Goodbye

Music GB