Earlier than André 3000 was floating by means of soundscapes together with his flute on New Blue Solar—which earned a 2025 Grammy nod for Album of the 12 months—he had one other thought within the vault: stripped-down, meditative piano tracks.
That imaginative and prescient simply dropped within the type of 7 Piano Sketches, a brand-new instrumental album that takes the identical freeform vitality of New Blue Solar and interprets it to the keys. The seven-track undertaking was really born almost a decade in the past, when André was posted up in Texas together with his son in a bare-bones spot—only a piano, two beds, and a few screens. No distractions. Simply vibes.
The tracklist is as follows:
- bluffing within the snow
- after which someday you’ll …
- while you’re a ant and also you get up in an superior temper, about to drive your son to highschool, solely to find that you just left the lights on within the automotive final evening so your battery is drained
- resort foyer pianos
- blueberry mansions
- off rhythm laughter
- i spend all day ready for the evening
7 Piano Sketches affords a quiet type of brilliance—no raps, no hooks, simply André 3000 letting his fingers do the speaking.