Name: Splendor and Misery
Brand: Clipping

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1173-tp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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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

SP 1173lp

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2016-09-06

098787117318

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SP 1173

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2016-09-09

098787117325

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

Artist

Clipping

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Hardly Art

<p>Clipping is an experimental hip-hop group known for their innovative sound and thought-provoking lyrics. Formed in 2009, the trio consists of rapper Daveed Diggs, producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. With a unique blend of industrial noise, glitchy beats, and socially conscious rhymes, Clipping has gained critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. Their albums tackle themes such as race, identity, and politics with raw intensity and artistic flair. Whether it's through their powerful live performances or boundary-pushing studio recordings, Clipping continues to push the boundaries of what hip-hop can be.</p>

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

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