''Fu Chronicles'' is the seventh

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by American band Antibalas. Written and conceptualized by lead singer Duke Amayo. Arranged and co-produced by Antibalas founder

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and bassist/founding member Gabriel Roth, the album was recorded at the

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House of Soul in

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, Brooklyn, the summer of 2018 and later released on February 7, 2020 on

. In support of the album, the band announced a tour which was cut short by the pandemic. The final show of the tour was at the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado. During the pandemic shutdown in 2021 Amayo and the band announced their formal separation.

Critical reception

''Fu Chronicles'' was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 4 reviews. It was nominated for the

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Track listing

References

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