American rapper, singer, and songwriter AMINÉ has announced an Australian leg of his ‘Tour de Dance’, in support of his recently released album 13 Months of Sunshine.

The tour announcement follows a successful international tour across North America, United Kingdom, and Europe off the back of the release of his new album. 13 Months of Sunshine’s title is a play on the Gregorian 13-month calendar that Aminé’s native Ethopia and Eritrea follow, as well as a direct reference to the Western marketing campaigns to entire tourists to visit Ethiopia in the 60’s and 70’s. “They came up with this slogan to show people that there was so much more to Ethiopia than what is advertised,” the rapper shared, “I related so heavily to it, because on this album, I am showing that there’s so much more than what everyone assumes about my music—myself included.” Guided by intimate conversations with family members, specifically his father, and the strong ties to his East African heritage, 13 Months of Sunshine sees the rapper reevaluate his meteoric success and the legacy he wants to leave behind through intentional storytelling.

Executive produced by Dahi (Ravyn Lenae, SZA, Kendrick Lamar), every line on the 16-song album passes the “small reading room test” through lyrics that he “would be proud to read, without music and in front of 30 people,” Aminé explains, “Every line had to pass that test.” From the Waxahatchee-featuring indie pop beauty of “History” to the psych-synth invocation of Toro y Moi-assisted album closer “Images” on 13 Months of Sunshine, the rapper presents his most exacting vision to date as well as a ferocious appetite as both a listener and curator of sound.