

Moses Boyd
List Pick
July 7, 2026
Moses Boyd returns with 'Say Yeah', his first solo single in five years, and drumming sits at the centre of it exactly as expected from a Mercury-shortlisted force behind the kit. Gospel phrasing runs through the track, whilst rooted in gratitude, unity, and joyful celebration, with a hook built to function as pure repetition rather than narrative. Moses has spoken about growing up on gospel figures, and that lineage is audible in the call-and-response shape of the vocal. He's also admitted the song fought him - a bright, upbeat register he isn't naturally drawn to, arrived at only once he stopped resisting where it wanted to go. That tension resolves into something loose and generous, a rare register for an artist whose catalogue tends toward density over ease.









