J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts - Give Me Hope

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: LMNK72LP
Barcode: 8437019516215
Release Date: 15 Apr 2022
Genre: Soul

01: When Everything Is Wrong
02: Mathematics
03: Not In My Name
04: Find That Love
05: Ghost City
06: Give Me Hope
07: James Stern
08: Precious Girl
09: Four Walls
10: Found A Good Thang
11: Guilty & Blessed

BBC 6 MusicAlbum of the Yearas chosen by

DJ Craig Charles

★★★★Mojo

★★★★★Blues & Soul

★★★★★UK Vibe

9/10 DJ Mag (Single I Miss You)



"One of the very best soul voices I've heard for a very long time"

Craig Charles (BBC 6Music)

"Delivered with a vocal dripping with yearning and desperation"

4/5 Mojo

"A high octane soul masterpiece"

Blues & Soul,5/5Album of the Month

"Undoubtedly the album of the year"

5/5 UK Vibe

Burundian soul singer JP Bimeni is set to release his first music since his BBC 6 Music award winning album Free, from 2018. Give Me Hope is a slice of horn heavy, Afro tinged, Stax inspired soul and is the first taster of a new album set for release in early 2022

Give me Hope is the title track from his new album, featuring his band The Black Belts, set to drop on February 4thon Lovemonk Records.

A supremely funky number it boasts bassline and powerful horn arrangements, and gives a taster to a new work that dots between classic '60s Motown, psychedelia and Afro-funk.

““This new LP is nothing short of magnificent””
Craig Charles — BBC6

““Will be very hard to beat in 2022”
— UK Vibe

““Full of life and emotion””
— Morning Star

““Give Me Hope is a Banger””
Dom Servini — Soho Radio

““Bimeni’s soulfulness touches the heart and the guts.””
— Rolling Stone France