Jazz drummer Moses Boyd sets October 30 for the album Songs For Sinners

Moses Boyd will release Songs For Sinners on October 30 through Exodus. It is the first album in six years from the drummer, following a return to activity over the summer, and he has previewed it with the single "Criticise".

Boyd has been a fixed point in British music since "Rye Lane Shuffle", the club track that pulled his drumming out of the jazz rooms and onto dancefloors. He has taken his time over the next step, and the gap between records is the longest of his career so far.

"Songs For Sinners is a sound I've wanted to create since I got into music," Boyd said, calling it the hardest he has worked on anything and the body of work he has poured the most of himself into.

He traces the album back to being surrounded by gospel music his whole life, then finding his own way through jazz and sound system culture. His label describes the result as a full manifestation of a vision he has been circling for years rather than a step to one side.

"Criticise" carries a performance from the London-based vocalist Amber-Simone and sets abstract slices of soul against Boyd's drumming. The song is about shame and forgiveness, which is a heavy thing to lead a campaign with rather than an obvious single.

The record sits where his work usually does, between jazz and electronic production, and its October 30 release is logged on the release calendar.