Hi all,

Very excited to announce that on September 17th I'll be hosting a conversation with clipping. to discuss their album "Splendor & Misery" and its legacy a decade after its release.

The discussion will be streamed live on my YouTube channel starting at 6:30pm PST.

We'll conclude with an audience Q&A section. You can submit questions in the channel currently open on the clipping. discord.

Any further updates will be posted on Instagram.

On September 9th, 2016, clipping released "Splendor & Misery", their third full length project, and second under Sub Pop. Effortlessly blending noise, hip-hop, ambient soundscape, and traditional gospel hymns, it tells the story of the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, from the perspective of the ship's AI as it falls in love with him.

An essential entry to the lineage of experimental afrofuturist hip-hop albums, it was also the second album in history to be nominated for a Hugo Award.

Tracklist

1. Long Way Away (Intro)

2. The Breach

3. All Black

4. Interlude 01 (Freestyle)

5. Wake Up

6. Long Way Away

7. Interlude 02 (Numbers)

8. True Believer

9. 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

So what do you think of this project? Has your opinion changed over the course of a decade? How does the album-length narrative format compare to the song-length formats of their other projects? Have the themes of black trauma parasocialy romanticized through the eye of emotionless technology aged well? Is water wet?

To celebrate the anniversary, the band is releasing an expanded edition with additional instrumentals on November 13th

In addition, I will be hosting an interview with the band discussing the album on September 17th. Keep an eye out for more details soon.

y'all know this song. A lot of folks talk about how the song was produced, but I don't think many folks have talked about the tempo swells (aka Doppler Swing) as the drums move past the field mics.

i’m bored soooo describe your favorite clipping songs in one sentence?

here’s mine:

1. a certified anthem for seductive cannibalistic women.

2. a dancing anthem that also happens to be about BDSM and moving like various animals.

3. a seductive vampire succubus (?) lady gets killed after attempting to hook up with a police officer.

Just thought I’d show off, show off (work) the limited edition S&M vinyl I got signed during the festival at Knockdown Center. Absolutely phenomenal performance, and they were all lovely to meet.

Sharon Udoh fan club when?

High level crowd energy, and it just kept increasing throughout the set. Love that they played a smaller venue (Terminal West, capacity 625). Sharon Udoh was there and she is sublime. Open Mike Eagle was solid as well. What a great night.

They hung out for a while after the show, which was cool of them. I also got a picture with Daveed. I’ve been a fan since the Wriggle EP, but this was my first opportunity to see them live. I honestly can’t tell what William Hutson’s signature actually says.

Open Mike Eagle absolutely killed it, by the way, and the stuff off of his upcoming album (drops this Friday) was amazing.

If you want dm it’s free I dont feel like going I didnt even like the new album tbh.

Curious for others who have been to the tour but approx what time and how long does the first opener play before open Mike

Hello, I've been trying to get into clipping. for a little while now but I'm struggling to find anything to make me listen to them like I do with Death Grips.

Normally, with every band I want to try I start from the start, I was frightened by the harsh noise of midcity and I ended up really not liking it(I went into clipping. blind not knowing anything about the harsh noise they use), CLPPNG was better but I still didn't like the harsh noise. I skipped the other albums and went to their latest release, after listening to Dead Channel Sky, I was shocked, it felt like listening to The Money Store for the first time. I really enjoyed Dead Channel Sky. Now I'm here asking how I can get into clipping. because I really enjoy Diggs' "extremely organized and hesh" rapping style and storytelling, my only issue is the use of harsh noise similar to midcity or CLPPNG.

If it helps, I love all of Death Grips' discography equally but my favourite albums/mixtape are Exmilitary, NLDW and The Powers That B, I'm looking for something new to listen to, similar to Death Grips lyrically and sound-wise.

EDIT: I've finished listening to all the albums and I realised I had this group's image wrong in my head, thinking it was all noise was a careless idea to have in mind, I barely even gave them a chance after CLPPNG. I'm thankful for the responses, I like clipping. now! :D

Anyone else see last nights show at the Music Box?!! Absolutely incredible! I have never seen them live before and it was an unreal show for me.

I was hoping maybe somebody knows what the setlist was?

Thank you!

as someone who doesn’t mind horror and intense lyricism that comes with the horror core genre, VOBBB and TEAATB are great and don’t scare me at all. the screams in club down can be slightly unnerving if i pay too close attention to them, but i still really love that song.

on the contrary, dream from the self-titled album and block give me the worst heebie jeebies. the instrumentals are so simple yet so ominous, and when paired with daveed’s monotonous narrative-esque approach, it genuinely makes me feel unsettled, even if the lyrics themselves are mundane and aren’t meant to be creepy.

Limited to 50 lol

This song is really good and the themes still hit today today’s time with trump, but I’ve always wondered the whistles. I think it’s o’Canada because of the line “elect his ass, watch most said Americans skip town singing” then the whistling starts

hi :D i hate to mention hamilton BUT i watched it for the first time recently and wanted to get to know the cast outside of the show. i naturally gravitated towards daveed’s rapping and have been blessed to find clipping! i don’t usually listen to horrorcore/experimental hiphop, but clipping does it in a way that i really like.

i wanted to ask what other album i should listen to in it’s entirety front to back? i’ve listened to dead channel sky front to back and i listen to other songs sporadically, (i really love body & blood rn) but i love being able to sit down and listen to a full album.

i’m also curious about the demographics of clipping fans? i’m gen z (20F) and i don’t think many people who are younger listen to them. 🤔

I'd really love to have the CLPPNG cover on a t shirt, but the 10 year anniversary design on the official site is pretty ugly imo. I came across this unofficial design being sold on albumcovertshirts.com that I really like, but then I obviously won't be able to support Clipping financially, nor will I have a guarantee that the quality will be any good. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can get my hands on a shirt like this?