Hear a dreamy cut from Maria Minerva’s forthcoming album, featuring rapper Chase Royal

Maria Minerva’s third album proper, Will Happiness Find Me, is due for release through Not Not Fun on September 4.

It comes after a handful of singles for NNF sub-label 100% Silk which seemed to suggest a new direction for the singer, drawing energy from the ecstatic communion of the dancefloor – although still defined by a compellingly ramshackle, lo-fi aesthetic.

You can listen to a track from the new record, ‘Fire’, below [via Pitchfork]. It sees Minerva step back from her bedroom disco experiments in favour of dreamy, indistinct dub stylings – although the gaseous pads are redolent of 90s jungle of the aquatic, comedown-facilitating variety. It’s all fairly standard Minerva fare – until the entry of rapper Chase Royal, whose rapid-fire vocal is an unexpectedly imposing presence.