The Brand New Studio Album from Moonchild Sanelly is out Now! on Transgressive Records
Moonchild Sanelly is staking a claim on 2025 and kicking off the year with the release of her highly anticipated third studio album, Full Moon. OUT NOW! Listen HERE.
Full Moon is the third studio album from the self-described musical shapeshifter, exhibiting Moonchild Sanelly’s lyrical prowess and liberating energy. Recorded in Malawi, the UK and Sweden, and produced by Johan Hugo (Self Esteem, MIA, Kano), it is a collection of 12 tracks showcasing Sanelly’s unique sonic fingerprint, joyous attitude, distinctive vocals and genre-bending hit-making prowess. Full Moon’s club-ready beats oscillate between electronic, afro-punk, edgy-pop, kwaito, and hip-hop sensibilities, including tracks Do My Dance, Scrambled Eggs, To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila) and Big Booty.
The album release comes with a brand new video for latest single, the beautifully melodic track ‘Falling’ – watch HERE. Shot in Johannesburg last month, it is co-directed by Jesse Roth and Lauren Roth de Wolf and features an appearance by Moonchild’s eldest daughter Artemis.
Moonchild said – “I can’t believe it’s 2025 and I can finally share with you my most personal, raw and honest record ever, which is OUT TODAY!!”, adding “I called this album FULL MOON because it’s ALL of me.”
She went on to say – “My last album Phases showed you the different sides of me one at a time and FULL MOON is all of me, lit up in my entirety. FULL MOON is the arrival of my whole self, the sum of everything I’ve gone through & every emotion I had to feel… Childhood trauma, fights, letdowns, abandonment, sadness, survival, getting back up, letting go, forgiving, accepting and rebuilding everything for me and for my kids. So here I am, a FULL Moon – and I’m so excited to share my whole self in this record, but also on my UK tour in March. See you on the road Boobeams!“
Moonchild will take her incomparably joyous live show on the road this Spring with a headline tour of the UK and Ireland kicking off in Manchester on 18th March, with dates in Dublin, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and Bristol, before a return to London for what promises to be an unforgettable night at Village Underground on 26th March. See below for a full list of all tour dates, plus tickets and information here.
Full Moon is the third studio album from the self-described musical shapeshifter. Recorded in Malawi, the UK and Sweden, and produced by Johan Hugo (Self Esteem, MIA, Kano), it is a collection of 12 tracks showcasing Sanelly’s unique sonic fingerprint, joyous attitude, distinctive vocals and genre-bending hit-making prowess. Full Moon’s club-ready beats oscillate between electronic, afro-punk, edgy-pop, kwaito, and hip-hop sensibilities.
Moonchild kicked off her return in May with the release of first single and “audacious anthem” [CLASH] Scrambled Eggs, with two further singles Sweet & Savage – which premiered with an exclusive show for COLORSxSTUDIOS – and the “infectiously tongue-in-cheek hit’ [DIY] Big Booty lighting up the crowds at festivals across Europe, including ten shows at Glastonbury alone. Album track Gwara Gwara has been included on the EA Sports FC25 Soundtrack, listen HERE. Recent single Do My Dance saw the trailblazing South African ghetto-funk superstar further revealing the breadth, scope and ambition of Full Moon. High octane and anthemic, the song bounces across styles and tempos, with rapid-fire verses underpinned by a Happy hardcore beat, bursting into a bright, bold singalong chorus. Watch Moonchild perform Do My Dance on Later… with Jools Holland last month – HERE.
The video for recent single ‘To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila)’ – “a sweepingly melodic power ballad about the dangers of alcohol-fuelled truth-telling” [THE TIMES] – was shot in London last November during a stop on her recent whirlwind UK club tour. Watch HERE.
Last summer also saw the release of Big Man, a collaboration with the acclaimed artist Self Esteem which was hailed a Song of the Summer 2024 by The Guardian, a track which saw the “alt-pop future superstars” team up for “a big, buoyant, ball-buster…”; as well as Mad (ft. Moonchild Sanelly) which saw her join creative forces with Steve Aoki, and most recently Streets Is Calling with Ezra Collective and M.anifest.
The tracklisting for Full Moon is:
- Scrambled Eggs
- Big Booty
- In My Kitchen
- To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila)
- Do My Dance
- Falling
- Gwara Gwara
- Boom
- Sweet & Savage
- I Love People
- Mntanami
- I Was the Biggest Curse
Full Moon is available in the following formats: CD; Digital Download; and Limited Edition Glow-in-the-dark Vinyl LP
Order / save Full Moon HERE
UK & EU Tour Dates 2025
12 March VooDoo Club, WARSAW, PO
14 March Musicbox, LISBON, PT
15 March Astin, BARCELONA, ES
17 March Clwb Ifor Bach, CARDIFF, UK
18 March YES (The Pink Room), MANCHESTER, UK
20 March The Grand Social, DUBLIN, Ireland
21 March The Wardrobe, LEEDS, UK
22 March King Tut’s, GLASGOW, UK
24 March Hare & Hounds, BIRMINGHAM, UK
25 March Strange Brew, BRISTOL, UK (SOLD-OUT)
26 March Village Underground, LONDON, UK
Festival Dates 2025
1 June Mighty Hoopla, London, UK
26 July Deer Shed, Topcliffe, UK
27 July Truck Festival, Abingdon, UK
2 August Kendal Calling, Kendal, UK
28 -31 August End Of The Road, Dorset, UK
“What’s Xhosa for brat?”
THE OBSERVER
★★★★★
“Full Moon spins the sounds of Johannesburg and Durban into distinctive, abrasive electro-pop… [Moonchild Sanelly]… sex-positive South African swaggers towards stardom”
THE GUARDIAN
★★★★☆
“[Full Moon] is music that demands attention, rewards repeated listens, and proves that the future of pop isn’t just bright – it’s blindingly brilliant.”
DORK
★★★★★
“Full Moon is an utter joy… the perfect balance of bold, brash and unabashed.”
THE SKINNY
★★★★☆
“Replete with numerous full-on bangers, [Full Moon] is a party-focussed force for good and a body positive statement of empowerment all at once.”
CLASSIC POP
★★★★☆
“South African superstar-in-waiting Moonchild Sanelly melds pop, kwaito and hip hop on her exuberant third album, Full Moon”
THE OBSERVER
“…the funk-pop diva we need right now.”
THE TIMES
For tickets and information, visit https://www.moonchildsanelly.com/#gigs
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