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16 August 2026 – Jungle Lean into Warm Soul and Disco on Fifth Album Sunshine
By Editorial Team - August 16, 2026
Summary
London outfit Jungle release their fifth album Sunshine, combining warm soul, disco grooves, and vocal arrangements with Lydia Kitto.
Key Facts
- Jungle release fifth studio album 'Sunshine' following 2023's 'Volcano'.
- Vocalist Lydia Kitto officially joins founding members Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland.
- Features singles 'Carry On' and 'The Wave' ahead of a global tour.
- Entities: Jungle, Sunshine, Josh Lloyd-Watson, Tom McFarland, Lydia Kitto, Volcano
- Tags: jungle, sunshine, modern-soul, disco, electronic, dance, lydia-kitto
Jungle’s fifth studio album Sunshine landed on August 14, extending the London group’s transformation from mysterious production duo into a globe-touring modern soul and dance act.
Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland are now joined officially by vocalist Lydia Kitto, whose presence has become increasingly central to the group’s sound.
Following the commercial breakthrough of 2023’s Volcano and the enduring success of “Back on 74,” Sunshine largely avoids a drastic reinvention and instead sharpens Jungle’s strengths: warm vocal stacks, elegant disco rhythms, funk basslines, polished percussion and arrangements built for movement.
Singles including “Carry On” and “The Wave” introduced a record whose sunny title is balanced by themes of distance, regret, nostalgia and longing. A substantial world tour is set to carry the album well beyond the summer release window.