German punk icon Nina Hagen has announced her first new album in 11 years. It’s called Unity and it’s due out December 9 via Grönland. She’s shared the lead single, “16 Tons,” alongside a music video directed by Sebastian Vogt. Check it out below.
Unity is Hagen’s first album since releasing Volksbeat in 2011. The upcoming LP spans 12 tracks in total, including the new single “16 Tons” and the previously released “Unity.” The title track features funk legend George Clinton and was written as an homage to the Black Lives Matter movement. According to a press release, another song from the album, titled “United Women of World,” was conceived with Jamaican singer Liz Mitchel and new wave musician Lene Lovich.
Read Evan Minsker’s Sunday Review of Nina Hagen’s 1982 classic Nunsexmonkrock.
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Unity:
01 Shadrack
02 United Women of the World
03 Unity
04 16 Tons
05 Atomwaffensperrvertrag
06 Gib Mir Deine Liebe
07 Venusfliegenfalle
08 Redemption Day
09 Geld Geld Geld
10 Die Antwort Weiss Ganz Allein der Wind
11 Open My Heart (Dinner Time)
12 It Doesn’t Matter Now
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