Esperanza Spalding has announced a new album, Exposure. The project does not yet have a release date, but it does have a start date: Spalding will begin working on the record on Tuesday, September 12 at 12 p.m. Eastern. She’ll then spend the next 77 hours making the album, which is set for release on vinyl and CD via Concord. Her recording process will be livestreamed on her Facebook page. In a press release, Spalding said, “I foresee that creating before a live audience will add excitement and extra inspiration energy. Knowing someone is watching and listening to what you're making seems to conjure up a sort of ‘can’t fail’ energy.” Watch Spalding discuss the project further below. More information on the project, as well as a pre-order link, can be found here.

Esperanza Spalding released Emily’s D+Evolution in 2016. Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature.”