The Four Owls release their long-awaited third studio album NOCTURNAL INSTINCT, accompanied by the visual for the track COMING HOME, via High Focus Records

Since their inception in ‘11, The Four Owls have become best known for their thought-provoking, emotive and undiluted lyricism. They’ve never shied away from delving deep within and in doing so have carved a unique space for themselves within the Hip Hop landscape. With the collective comprising of Leaf Dog, Fliptrix, Verb T & BVA the foursome perfectly demonstrate the age-old idea that you can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends, The Four Owls have fabricated an honest bond of brotherhood that spills out into their music which can only be described as Hip Hop in its purest form. At the production helm, Leaf Dog is responsible for creating not only the entire album but The Owls signature sound which they have become so infamous for.

The 14 track project demonstrates their craftsmanship and soul, which has come from years of saturating themselves in the culture and paying homage to it with every beat and bar they create. The album takes flight with first single ‘Honour Codes’, the heartbeat of the album, and an ode to do and be better. Accompanied by a skillful video created by Gary Motion, the Owls repeat ‘Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?’, challenging the listener to reflect but also look ahead.

Nocturnal Instinct is set to become a cult classic and features artists you rarely see collaborate with musicians on this side of the pond. Super-producer DJ Premier, who only ever works with The Owls in the UK, lends his golden era beats to single ‘100%’, with his signature scratched chorus proclaiming The Owls as ‘kings of their throne’, the follow up to their first monumental collaboration, ‘Think Twice’. Following on from the new Gangstarr album, ‘One of The Best Yet’, DJ Premier and The Owls are making a united statement that the ‘underground will live forever’ and the ‘20s is set to be a revolutionary decade for the genre.

Also gracing the project is R.A. The Rugged Man, an artist has also worked with the likes of Notorious B.I.G, Mobb Deep, & Wu-Tang Clan, now welcomes The Owls into his hall of fame. RA chops it up on ‘Air Strike’ and brings his own East Coast style and fast-paced flow. Up next is arguably one of the biggest names to come from the underground in recent years, Roc Marciano. Marciano lures you into a meditative state in ‘Dark Days’ by carefully finding his place within The Owls unmatched beats. Nocturnal Instinct is a series of hand-picked tracks designed to challenge the status quo and educate. The Owls continue to school throughout the entire album with other appearances from the likes of Smellington Piff, Kool G Rap, as well as Masta Killa (Wu-Tang).

Combined, the collective has well over 200 million streams across YouTube & Spotify and 500+ live performances to their name both domestically and around the globe. Their music has been supported by the likes of DJ Premier, Mistajam, Charlie Sloth, DJ Target, Toddla T, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, U-God (Wu-Tang), Havoc (Mobb Deep), Skinny Man, Rag’n’Bone Man to name a few, as well as Hip Hop fanatic, comedian Romesh Ranganathan. Nocturnal Instinct is intense and intoxicating listening and sure to become a collector’s item instantaneously. A project of this stature comes around once a decade and what better way to start this one.

The Four Owls – Nocturnal Instinct via iTunes/Spotify
Tracklist:
01. Sound The Alarm Feat. Smellington Piff
02. Coming Home
03. Pioneer Feat. Kool G Rap
04. Be Free
05. Honour Codes
06. Life Lines
07. 100% Feat. DJ Premier
08. Air Strike Feat. RA The Rugged Man
09. Dark Days Feat. Roc Marciano
10. Let Go
11. Deadly Movements Feat. Masta Killa
12. Lessons
13. I Got You
14. All My Life Part 2

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