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- Splendor & Misery
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- Sub Pop Records
- Catalogue Number
- SPD1173
- Release Date
- September 9, 2016
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clipping drop a full album's worth of trap-indebted high-gloss hip-hop for Sub Pop.
Composed as a concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship and the onboard computer that falls in love with him. It's pretty out-there stuff, and possibly the first concept album of avant-garde science fiction rap.
The concept suits the vibe just right and the instrumentals on their own could find themselves amongst recent highlights from Motion Graphics and Purple Tape Pedigree editions.
'Splendor & Misery’ is an Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship and the onboard computer that falls in love with him. Thinking he is alone and lost in space, the character discovers music in the ship’s shuddering hull and chirping instrument panels. William and Jonathan’s tracks draw an imaginary sonic map of the ship’s decks, hallways and quarters, while Daveed’s lyrics ride the rhythms produced by its engines and machinery. In a reversal of HP Lovecraft’s concept of cosmic insignificance, the character finds relief in learning that humanity is of no consequence to the vast, uncaring universe. Ultimately, the character decides to pilot his ship into the unknown - and possibly into oblivion - instead of continuing on to worlds whose systems of governance and economy have violently oppressed him.
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Long Way Away (Intro)
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The Breach
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All Black
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Interlude 01 (Freestyle)
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Wake Up
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Long Way Away
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Interlude 02 (Numbers)
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True Believer
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Long Way Away (Instrumental)
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Air 'Em Out
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Interlude 03 (Freestyle)
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Break the Glass
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Story 5
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Baby Don't Sleep
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A Better Place
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