Listening to Kota the Friend’s music is like smoking; draw his music in, hold it in your lungs and slowly exhale. It will make your heart beat faster, your head swim. And it will stay with you. We have been fans of Kota’s for a while, waiting in anticipation for his sophomore project ‘Paloma Beach’ […]

I speak to Kota the Friend the day of the horrific terror attack in Manchester when I have been up half the night, and am upset and rattled. Listening to Kota’s music is soothing, almost therapeutic, and so is talking to the Brooklyn artist himself. He is incredibly calm for someone who has a four-month-old […]