Clipping - Splendor and Misery (September 9 2016) Sub Pop Album

any fans? new LP out in september.

01. Long Way Away (Intro)
02. The Breach
03. All Black
04. Interlude 01 (Freestyle)
05. Wake Up
06. Long Way Away
07. Interlude 02 (Numbers)
08. True Believer
09. Long Way Away (Instrumental)
10. Air ‘Em Out
11. Interlude 03 (Freestyle)
12. Break The Glass
13. Story 5
14. Baby Don’t Sleep
15. A Better Place

 

still so weird that the clipping dude is in hamilton lol

 

I like them, curious to hear the new album

 

Late to the party with them and they've only just really clicked with me. I'm digging. Colour me excited.

 

its out there

 

super weird sci-fi ambient vibes with this one. crazy to see how much they've changed since the CLPPNG days

 

Got into these guys because of Hamilton. So so glad I did.
This is a weird sprawling strange record, but I really really really like it. Not really that many big "singles" on the first half of the album. Feels like they did a reverse of Cl!pping, where they started off with that back to back (body and blood, work work, summertime, etc) and ended with some of the more out there stuff. I'm not complaining though -- there's plenty of greatness on here to dig into. A little weird that Diggs doesn't sing much on here, since we all know he's got a great voice, as exhibited on Broadway. I got a chance to meet him after the show, and he was this super down to earth guy. Got a pic of him and Lin petting my guide dog (I gave permission).
Looking forward to spending more time with it later. Transition from Cl!pping to this reminds me a lot of Gambino's journey from Camp to his 2014 release, but I think these guys pulled it off better. Plus Digg's speed is undeniable.

 

Diggs is mad quick. I'm about this.

 

I listened to the two tracks they released in advance of this and aside from that read or heard nothing about this record until I listened to it today. Took until about three tracks in until I started thinking, "Wait, is this a space opera?"

Still haven't gone back to it yet, but interested to dive in more, ideally with the lyrics sometime soon. CLPPNG was my favourite record of 2014 so I have high hopes that I will really get into this with more time. "Song 5" is baffling to me though, lacking any deep understanding of the narrative of the album so far. I'm still not convinced there wasn't some sort of glitch in Apple Music and it downloaded the wrong track when I saved it to my phone.

 

After a couple more listens, I feel like Story 5 has its roots deep in slave songs and African spirituals. Since this album is about a slave that survived on a ship in space and has since taken over it, I feel like Story 5 and the Long Way Away trio fit perfectly into the themes of the albums. That's just my analysis of it though, you can find whatever meaning in it you feel is appropriate.

 

Long Way Away I 100% agree with that - it definitely has its roots in spirituals. Story 5 I think is a little harder to parse for me still, because even though it uses the same vocalists, the lyrical content doesn't quite match up. I did a listen with the lyrics over the weekend which helped me scratch the surface of the lyrical themes but I still need to give this album a lot more attention before I feel even a little comfortable speaking about it with any sort of conviction.

 

It's an interesting listen, no doubt. Need to spend some more time with it, but the initial listen was good.

 

I like this -- initial impression is that there's some really good moments on here, but also a number of times where it feels like nothing is happening

 

the acapella stuff just aint for me.

 

This is so good. They played a surprising amount of tracks from it when I saw them live on Tuesday.

FYI they're incredible live.

 

Clipping. In The Studio With JPEGMAFIA

 

A little off subject, but looks like JPEGMAFIA has been working with Danny Brown on his new album too.

 

That is so great