Breakout trio Gabriels unveils new track "Blame" today

BREAKOUT TRIO GABRIELS
UNVEILS NEW TRACK “BLAME”
TODAY

TO PERFORM AT PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN LONDON AND PARIS

MORE MUSIC TO COME SOON

Photo credit: Parker Woods

“[‘Love & Hate In A Different Time’ is] one of the most
seminal records I’ve heard in the last ten years.”
—Elton John

“Gabriels’ sound is one that runs the gamut of Black American music history, aching with love and loss, all while swelling with hope…you should be paying attention.”
—The Guardian

September 23, 2021—“Blame,” the new track from breakout trio Gabriels, debuts today on Elektra; listen to/share it HERE. “When examining our life’s problems, we hastily assign blame. ‘This happened because of this...’ Our song ‘Blame’ seeks to examine the construct of not only fault and shame but take a deep dive into the world of addiction, decadence and greed,” notes vocalist Jacob Lusk. With just a handful of songs to their name, Gabriels is gearing up to release more music this fall.

In addition, Gabriels confirms a set of performances at Pitchfork Music Festival in London and Paris on November 12 and November 19, respectively. These dates will follow the group’s three-night run of sold-out residency shows at The Social in London this October.

In August, Gabriels made their U.S. television debut on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” at the personal invitation of guest host Maren Morris, which followed their U.K. Late-Night debut on “Later...With Jools Holland” in June. These career milestones follow the release of Gabriels’ attention-grabbing 2020 debut EP, Love & Hate In A Different Time.  

Gabriels is acclaimed gospel singer and choir director Lusk and co-producers Ryan Hope and Ari Balouzian who are, respectively, also an established film director and classically trained musician/soundtrack artist. Their music initially garnered attention abroad, leading to a record deal with Atlas Artists / Parlophone and support from Gilles Peterson, Celeste, Paul Weller, Benji B, Virgil Abloh and Elton John, who branded their title track “one of the most seminal records I’ve heard in the last ten years.”

The group first came together in 2016 when Hope and Balouzian were working on a film together. In search of a choir for the project, they met Lusk in the casting sessions and instantly clicked. The trio spent the next five years cohesively redefining their sound while co-writing what ended up becoming Gabriels’ debut EP, Love & Hate In A Different Time.

Well established in the Los Angeles gospel community, Lusk has been singing since he was a child. Raised in an apostolic church, he wasn’t permitted to listen to secular music but on weekends his father would school him in jazz while and artists such as Nat King Cole. In 2006, Lusk responded to a Craigslist advertisement looking for background singers to work with an unnamed rap artist and subsequently found himself in the studio with hip-hop icon Nate Dogg. Though that project was never released, Lusk continued to break ground as an artist, singing with Diana Ross at the Hollywood Bowl, collaborating with the likes of Beck and St. Vincent and appearing on American Idol where he worked with producers Rodney Jerkins and Tricky Stewart.

For additional information on Gabriels, see the group’s bio/artist notes HERE.

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