Nia Archives expands her alt-jungle sound on second album Emotional Junglist, moving through heartbreak, sexuality, and self-discovery.
Jungle anchors the record while pop, punk, indie, and electronica push it outward, from the ’90s-inspired Vertical and playful Danger to Boys In Blue and the Jorja Smith-assisted Get Me Down.
The black-and-white video for There Goes Ma Head, directed by Ivana Bobic, places Nia inside a shadowy club through shifting POV shots, glitch-heavy edits, and a high-contrast one-take structure.
Elsewhere, Almost Always and Sampha collaboration Tender foreground her vocal vulnerability. Dance With Me 2Nite blends indie-pop softness, romantic strings, and syncopated rhythm, with writing contributions from Ethan P. Flynn and Julia Michaels before being completed with producer James Ford. Feelingz Go Numb brings the album back toward heavier basslines and jungle pressure. Speaking on the record, Nia shares:
To be an Emotional Junglist is to feel everything and nothing all at once. It’s to be calm yet chaotic, sane yet manic – up, down and sideways. The emotional spectrum I experience is vast, and I think this album reflects that depth completely. Being in your mid-20s, you’re figuring out who you are, exploring your sexuality…I think people kind of get stuck in girlhood, but really and truly, I’m 26 and I feel like I’m entering womanhood.
Following sold-out debut live shows in Leeds, London, and New York, Nia continues the album cycle through festival appearances and a UK B2B tour featuring artists from the wider jungle community.
From self-funding debut single Sober Feels in 2020 to becoming one of the defining figures in jungle’s current revival, Nia Archives has built her work around breakbeats, vulnerability, cultural memory, and a refusal to treat genre as a closed system.
Emotional Junglist – out nowviaIsland Records – captures that evolution clearly: heavier, more intimate, and confidently built beyond revivalism.
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B2B Tour Dates
17 Jul 2026 – Manchester, The White Hotel – Worsleyy + Chimpo
18 Jul 2026 – Bristol, Shrendenhams – Cheff The Boy
23 Jul 2026 – Brighton, Quarters – Janaway
1 Aug 2026 – O Days Festival, Copenhagen
8 Aug 2026 – Boardmasters, UK
14 Aug 2026 – Sziget, Budapest
21 Aug 2026 – All Points East, UK
22 Aug 2026 – Lowlands, Netherlands
5 Sep 2026 – RC Cola Plant – Miami, FL
6 Sep 2026 – ARC Music Festival, Chicago, IL