Following 2023’s Future, Alborosie readies his ninth full-length album, 9 Mile, out October 24. Named for Bob Marley’s birthplace, the album was recorded at his Kingston-based Shengen Studio and shifts between lovers rock, roots reggae, and cross-cultural detours, folding in international influences from 80s rock and new wave to bossa nova.
To introduce the report, Alborosie has shared “Trench City Legend,” a tribute to reggae’s international attain and the Kingston group that formed its earliest sounds. The visualizer, filmed largely on location in Trench City, frames the track as each homage and continuation.
