Chopping Mountain (CD)

Chopping Mountain, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine — out September 11, 2026 — is the clearest rendering yet of the London collective’s longstanding mission to promote love, unity, and resistance through music. It is the band’s sixth full-length record, and the first to feature the band’s Max Grunhard as producer since 2019’s Doko Mien. Following their Hot Chip-produced breakthrough Electricity (2022) and the darker, clubbier inflection of the Ross Orton-produced Pull the Rope (2024), Chopping Mountain feels like it was pulled directly from the hearts and experiences of the Eno Williams and Grunhard-led band.

1. Burning in Lagos
2. Chopping Mountain
3. When You Want to Dance
4. Concept of Love
5. Return to Sender
6. Give Me Peace*
7. Menso
8. Love
9. Kukuru
10. River Don't Rush

*CD Exclusive Bonus Track