Moonchild Sanelly – Full Moon
The blue-haired bombshell oft dubbed the ‘Queen of African Pop’, Moonchild Sanelly is back. Her latest outing, Full Moon, is her most exciting to date
Recorded between Malawi, Sweden and the UK, Full Moon is the product of the South African singer, dancer and poet Moonchild Sanelly’s year of globetrotting. From Primavera to SXSW to Glastonbury, Sanelly’s unique genre-defying meld of electro-pop, afro-punk and hip-hop mixed with her kwaito and jazz roots has been taking music festivals by storm and striking a chord internationally.
Tackling taboo topics and bowing to no-one, Sanelly’s album is very much her own; female sexuality and agency is the core theme, discussed head on ('I don’t want no head in my house, I just want it in between my legs and between my thighs' she asserts on bouncingly anthemic lead single Do My Dance). This thematic thread allows Sanelly musical versatility from the vicious bite of Boom, to the movingly gentle harmonies of Mntanami, to the dance club sound of To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila) and the spoken word poetry of I Love People.
Moonchild Sanelly is a force to be reckoned with and this album is too; the perfect balance of bold, brash and unabashed. 'I put my hands in the sky, ‘cause I’m proud of the girl I have become' she rightfully sings on album closer I Was the Biggest Curse. Full Moon is an utter joy.
Listen to: To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila), Do My Dance, I Love People