Name: Splendor and Misery
Brand: Clipping

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1173-tp

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Tape

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-09-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Sub P­op

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

098787117349

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1 / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / Tape

Artist

Clipping

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Hardly Art

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 H.P. Lovecraft's concept of cosmic insignificance, the character finds relief in learning that humanity is of no consequence to the vast, uncaring universe. It turns out, pulling the rug out from under anthropocentrism is only horrifying to those who thought they were the center of everything to begin with. 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.

Splendor and Misery

Music US