Future Utopia announce their forthcoming album, Django's High

The coincide with the album's announcement, Future Utopia have shared the lead single, "Looking For A Way Out (Of Del Rio)". Django’s High follows the 2023 EP We Were We Still Are, which features collaborations with Kae Tempest, Biig Piig and Tomi.

"It’s got that very desert-like feel, with elements of the ’60s and ’70s spaghetti westerns in there – but with more modern-sounding drums as well. It really sets the tone for what’s coming on the rest of the album which made it a perfect choice as the first single," explains Smith

Django’s High sees Smith singing on a Future Utopia album for the first time and is co-produced by Kasabian songwriter and frontman Sergio Pizzorno.

Struck down by covid while writing the album, Smith decided to watch Coen brothers films in the morning and to try and write a new song each afternoon. He explains: "I started with the Coen brothers’ big ones; Fargo and then No Country for Old Men, the latter of which resonated with me so much that I had to watch it twice. Once I'd watched five or six Coen brothers films, I thought: I'm going to start watching some spaghetti westerns. That bedrock of cinema soundtracks stayed with me in the songs I was writing in the afternoon, putting down guitar lines and basic drums and melodies."