'Kinds' - out - now 🍬🌊🌦️🌥️☀️🌀 🎲🛝🧨⛈️⚡
2nd album in 12.5 years 😅 hopefully won't leave it as long next time, if there will be another one. Enjoy. Links in the link places.
Much love to everyone and for everything involved.
Grateful 🙏
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My older brother & oldest friend (not including our parents etc.) has got his 2nd solo album "Kinds" out on 27 Feb 2026 on @warprecords . 3rd if we're counting the soundtrack for Rye Lane. For those who know, know this is a rare moment. 1st solo album in 12.5 years.
He gives so much of himself to others including our peers, friends and I and the fact that we are able to do our thing is a testament to his innate selflessness and belief in us.
He's literally and figuratively my "day 1". A benevolent big brother for a lot of us who advocates without forcing anything and really prefers not being in the foreground; he retired from playing live 13 years ago. For me, he is "the reason". Way before we knew of a music software called "Reason". Way before we knew of an independent record label with the backcronym "We Are Reasonable People" in our younger years before MySpace and meeting the people who founded Young. Oh and it's his birthday later this month. Happy Birthday in advance @kwes . Love you man. x
Vinyl & pre-order at kwes.info // @kwes
Photo on p1: @vaughananson
Video on p5: @ryan_vautier
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In the latest warp.net Editorial, @kwes sits down with @lanre_bakare and shares insights into the influences of his first solo material in eight years.
‘Kinds’ arrives 27 February.
‘Kinds’ [WARP400] @kwes
Released 27 February 2026.
kwes. returns with his first solo material in eight years. An evolutionary work of meditative, otherworldly minimalism, ambient, classical composition and shoegaze. Inspired by his children who helped create the project’s artwork.
“My oldest daughter was busy drawing and in the midst of it, she accidentally knocked over her glass of drink and it went all over her work. It frustrated her for a few seconds, then she was fine and started another one…That was the catalyst for me to start the record - to decompress, to ‘release’ life-experience: good, bad and everything in between - to ‘commit it to tape’ as succinctly as possible, without too much deliberation.” - kwes.
01. Blue White Violet
02. Blue White Cyan
03. Blue Violet
04. Brown Green Yellow
05. Violet
06. Black (Grey)
07. Yellow Green
08. Green White
09. Orange Blue
LP | Digital
📸 @amyfernphotography
![My older brother & oldest friend (not including our parents etc.) has got his 2nd solo album "Kinds" out on 27 Feb 2026 on @warprecords. 3rd if we're counting the soundtrack for Rye Lane. For those who know, know this is a rare moment. 1st solo album in 12.5 years.He gives so much of himself to others including our peers, friends and I and the fact that we are able to do our thing is a testament to his innate selflessness and belief in us.He's literally and figuratively my "day 1". A benevolent big brother for a lot of us who advocates without forcing anything and really prefers not being in the foreground; he retired from playing live 13 years ago. For me, he is "the reason". Way before we knew of a music software called "Reason". Way before we knew of an independent record label with the backcronym "We Are Reasonable People" in our younger years before MySpace and meeting the people who founded Young. Oh and it's his birthday later this month. Happy Birthday in advance @kwes. Love you man. xVinyl & pre-order at kwes.info // @kwesPhoto on p1: @vaughanansonVideo on p5: @ryan_vautier[o=o].](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6766551471152367223323_0_389ee1be24677348636d519042c64a64.jpg?o=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&h=2298e856a4aa55485f61d035fb691b15)
![‘Kinds’ [WARP400] @kwesReleased 27 February 2026.kwes. returns with his first solo material in eight years. An evolutionary work of meditative, otherworldly minimalism, ambient, classical composition and shoegaze. Inspired by his children who helped create the project’s artwork.“My oldest daughter was busy drawing and in the midst of it, she accidentally knocked over her glass of drink and it went all over her work. It frustrated her for a few seconds, then she was fine and started another one…That was the catalyst for me to start the record - to decompress, to ‘release’ life-experience: good, bad and everything in between - to ‘commit it to tape’ as succinctly as possible, without too much deliberation.” - kwes.01. Blue White Violet02. Blue White Cyan03. Blue Violet04. Brown Green Yellow05. Violet06. Black (Grey)07. Yellow Green08. Green White09. Orange BlueLP | Digital @amyfernphotography](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6735483457444867104071_0_bd6e97e30f14bf022d14b0a5fec6bb2e.jpg?o=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&h=2a41f790697c90e537b75ce731ad5644)
