Frontman of HAUS, Ashley Mulimba, has stepped into the solo sphere for his own project MULIMBA, and the first time we’re featuring this is with new single ‘Your Own Blood’. This track certainly stickers many similarities with the work of HAUS; those hard-hitting beats, dark textures and Mulimba’s recognisable voice. However, there’s greater moments of sparsity throughout ‘Your Own Blood’, giving the murky bass and distorted guitars more space to stretch. Fittingly, for a solo project, ‘Your Own Blood’ is about family. Here Mulimba explains: “That could mean your family by blood, your best friend/ close group of friends or ultimate just somebody that you care about deeply. I wrote Your Own Blood whilst going through a rough patch with somebody very close to me, but even though we were both hurt by things we’d done and said to each other, we still had an unconditional love for each other. No matter what you’re going through, good or bad, family will always be there.” It’s now that family, whatever form that takes, seems so important and so ‘Your Own Blood’ comes at the perfect time for showing our appreciation. - Hannah Thacker