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Watch Clipping’s Official Video For New Single “Welcome Home Warrior (Feat. Aesop Rock)”

Clipping’s “Welcome Home Warrior (Feat. Aesop Rock)” is a new single from Dead Channel Sky, their long-awaited, forthcoming Cyberpunk and Hip Hop project, out March 14th, 2025 worldwide on Sub Pop.
 
Today, Clipping shares the VHS-styled official video for the track, which stars the group’s frontman Daveed Diggs as a computer hacker. “Welcome Home Warrior” is directed by Dimuccio & Miller and produced in conjunction with Media Pollution Studio in Los Angeles. Watch now.
 
Clipping has also added new, headlining midwest/east coast tour dates for August 2025 in support of Dead Channel Sky beginning August 7th in St. Paul, MN at The Turf Club and ending Saturday, August 16th in Washington, DC at 9:30 Club. Fan presales begin Thursday, February 13th at 10 AM (Local), with tickets on sale to the general public on Friday, February 14th at 10 am (Local).
 
The group’s fast-selling Spring tour dates for the Western US in support of the album begin March 14th with a hometown show in Los Angeles at The Echoplex and run through May 3rd in Sacramento at Goldfield. Clipping will also appear at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival on Saturday, March 29th. Please find a complete list of dates below.

 
Fri. Mar. 14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex
Sat. Mar. 15 - San Francisco, CA  - The Independent
Sat. Mar. 29 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival
Thu. Apr. 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Sat. Apr. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
Sun. Apr. 27 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge [Sold Out]
Tue. Apr. 29 - Portland, OR - Holocene [Sold Out]
Wed. Apr. 30 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Thu. May 01 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw 
Sat. May 03 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield
Thu. Aug. 07 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Fri. Aug. 08 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
Sat. Aug. 09 - Detroit, MI - El Club
Mon. Aug. 11 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
Tue. Aug. 12 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount
Wed. Aug. 13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Thu. Aug. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Fri. Aug. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club
Sat. Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
 
 
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky includes the singles “Run It,” “Keep Pushing,” Change the Channel,” along with “Code,” and the previously mentioned “Welcome Home Warrior,” and also features guest appearances from Nels Cline, Bitpanic, Tia Nomore, and Sub Pop labelmates Cartel Madras. Dead Channel Sky was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
 
Dead Channel Sky will be available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU) and your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). There is also a Silver vinyl edition available from independent retailer Rough Trade in the US and UK (All limited edition vinyl colors are available while stock lasts!). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.



Clipping
Dead Channel Sky

 
CD + Digital Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Dominator
3. Change the Channel
4. Run It
5. Go
6. Simple Degradation (Plucks 1-13) (with Bitpanic)
7. Code
8. Dodger
9. Malleus (with Nels Cline)
10. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore)
11. Keep Pushing
12. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude)
13. Mood Organ
14. Polaroids
15. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic)
16. Madcap
17. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras)
18. “And You Called” (Interlude)
19. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock)
20. Ask What Happened
 
2xLP Tracklisting:
A1. Intro
A2. Dominator
A3. Change the Channel
A4. Run It
A5. Go
B1. Code
B2. Dodger
B3. Malleus (with Nels Cline)
B4. Scams (ft. Tia Nomore)
C1. Keep Pushing
C2. Mood Organ
C3. Polaroids
C4. Madcap
D1. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (ft. Cartel Madras)
D2. Welcome Home Warrior (ft. Aesop Rock)
D3. Ask What Happened

Posted by Abbie Gobeli