Toro Y Moi Mahal

Chaz Bear teases his seventh solo studio album under Toro Y Moi set to release in February 2022. Toro first teased his return in Fall 2021 with an official announcement of joining the Dead Oceans roster--among artists such as Khruangbin, Mitski, and Pheobe Bridgers--and an impending album release in Spring 2022. On January 24, 2022, Dead Oceans posted on social media a teaser trailer to track "Postman" directed by Kid. Studio and a myriad of clues pointing towards the new album's title and tracklist. Another trailer was released on January 25 saying the video for "Postman" would be released the following day, again with more clues pointing toward 'Mahal' as the project title. After 3 years since releasing 'Outer Peace', Toro has has collaborated and participated on various projects, such as a collab-EP under his Les Sins moniker with AceMo titled 'C'Mon Les Go', making an appearance on KennyBeats' Youtube show, The Cave, in January 2022, and released the instrumentals from his first two studio albums, 'Causers Of This' and 'Underneath the Pine'.

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3. Magazine
4. Postman
5. The Loop
6. Last Year
7. Mississippi
8. Clarity
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12. Millennium
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1. The Medium
2. Goes By So Fast
3. Magazine
4. Postman
5. The Loop
6. Last Year
7. Mississippi
8. Clarity
9. Foreplay
10. Déjà Vu
11. Way Too Hot
12. Millenium
13. Days in Love

Hear “Postman” and “Magazine” before MAHAL drops on April 29 via Dead Oceans.

Last year, Chaz Bear promised that his long-running, beloved project Toro y Moi would return in 2022 with a new album. That project is called MAHAL, and it's out April 29 via Dead Oceans.

Today's announcement also comes with music videos for the new songs "Postman" and "Magazine" featuring Salami Rose Joe Louis. "Postman" taps Chaz Bear's love of all things funk with a joyful cut in the tradition of Parliament, while "Magazine" sails through the dark times in a yacht made of groovy psychedelic rock tropes. For the "Postman" music video, Chaz embarks on a trippy search for mail in a party bus; "Magazine" is a slideshow/collage of retro signal processing, test patterns, and extremely fly outfits.

MAHAL will feature appearances from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sofie Royer, and the Mattson 2. "I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,” Chaz Bear said in a press release. “To have them live on that record feels grounded, bringing a communal perspective to the table.”

1. "The Medium" (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
2. "Goes By So Fast"
3. "Magazine" (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)
4. "Postman"
5. "The Loop"
6. "Last Year"
7. "Mississippi"
8. "Clarity" (feat. Sofie Royer)
9. "Foreplay"
10. "Déjà Vu"
11. "Way Too Hot"
12. "Millennium" (feat. The Mattson 2)
13. "Days in Love"