On Friday, November 13th, 2026, Clipping will release Splendor & Misery (Anniversary X), the tenth anniversary edition of their Hugo Award-nominated sci-fi opus, on a double LP, originally released on Sub Pop and Deathbomb Arc in 2016. The deluxe anniversary edition features the acclaimed album’s original fifteen-song tracklist along with eight new, previously unreleased songs and alternate takes.
Splendor & Misery is 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 & Misery is one of Clipping’s most beloved releases, having earned praise from the likes of The New York Times, Bandcamp Daily, CLASH, The Line Of Best Fit, All Music, The Needle Drop, and Uproxx to being selected for year-end lists from the likes of PopMatters (“Best Hip Hop Albums of 2016”), The Observer (“10 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2016”), and Stereogum (“Best Rap Albums of 2016”).
Splendor & Misery would also be nominated for a Hugo Award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form,” in 2017, being the second album to do so in the awards ceremony’s history. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked Splendor & Misery as one of “The 33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time.”
Clipping would also perform songs from Splendor & Misery on late-night TV, with appearances on former shows The Late Late Show with James Corden (“A Better Place”) and Conan (“Air Em Out”). Recently, the band performed the song “True Believer” (with special guest vocalist Sharon Udoh aka Counterfeit Madison) for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk series.
Splendor & Misery (Anniversary X) is now available to preorder on vinyl and digitally from Sub Pop and Bandcamp. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK and EU, and your local record store will receive the Metallic Silver colored vinyl (while supplies last).
Clipping is also curating Splendor & Misery Fest 2026 at Flushing, NY’s Knockdown Center in celebration of the album, tomorrow night, Thursday, August 13th. The lineup will feature a headlining performance from Clipping, along with sets by SPELLLING, Sub Pop labelmates Shabazz Palaces, ELUCID, Fatboi Sharif, evicshen, and Maria Chavez. Tickets are on sale now.
What People Have Said About Clipping’s Splendor & Misery: “The minimalistic, ice-cold production of Splendor & Misery feels like it’s been pulled back into the present from the future.” FLOOD
“…A fervent, chaotic and uncommonly beautiful noise-rap allegory about slave rebellion and computer love told through a futurist narrative that takes place in outer space.” New York Times
“A magnificent, nerve-jangling and altogether rather riveting blast of unflinching white noise and throb, virtuoso rapping and, most improbable of all, richly romantic gospel-choir interludes designed as much to disconcert as to offer tuneful respite from and guidance through the surrounding sonic shrapnel.” [9/10, Album of the Week] Loud & Quiet
“A hugely inventive slab of sonic theatre plotted to the tiniest detail..” ★★★★MOJO
“Replete with sci-fi references and nudges to Afrofuturist musicians before them, the album confronts the crushing darkness inherent to the alienation of black diaspora and speculates on the identity as an intrinsically fluid process. Splendor & Misery is sincere and staunchly ambitious. With it, clipping. Have solidified their position at the forefront of experimental music.” 8.6/10, Northern Transmissions
“The production, helmed by dual composers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes, make use of field recording techniques only instead of chimes and sampled radio alarms, the sharp clangs of breached hulls and airlocks closing are the content used to create these paranoia inducing and dissonant instrumentals. What makes Splendor & Misery beckon for repeat listens, bar Daveed Diggs torrential flow, is how concise and dense the record is. It flows like a satellite in orbit, emerging over horizons witnessing serene beauty only to encounter disruptive asteroid belts moments later like the three ‘Interlude’ tracks where Daveed spits over broken and static-laced connections.” 8/10, CLASH
“Utterly uncomfortable, but with such an imaginative foundation that you can’t help but feel invited back to try to learn a little more about the strange and beautiful world of Clipping.” 8/10,Under the Radar
“Spirits are present in clipping.’s video for “Air ‘Em Out.” We open on frontman Daveed Diggs settling in to another shift at his jumpsuit-requiring place of employment. As the beat builds, however, mysterious tremors start to unsettle Diggs and the litany of office supplies at his desk. It’s another top-quality video from a group that has made a habit of just that, a simple idea perfectly executed.” [“Air ‘Em Out,” Best Videos of August 2016] Pigeons & Planes
“”Baby Don’t Sleep” is noisy, layered and absolutely frightening.” [“Baby Don’t Sleep”] NPR Music
“Beatmakers Snipes and Hutson send you plummeting into the mainframe with a musique concrète cut-up beat of television fuzz and white noise. Negative space sucks the air out of your chest as Diggs raps in an arresting staccato, deconstructing the hegemony in a most deliberate manner: “Saviors are fiction / memories are fading like ghosts.” [“Baby Don’t Sleep”] Passion of the Weiss
Clipping Splendor & Misery (Anniversary X)
Tracklisting: 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 Home (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 16. Long Way Away (Theremin & Piano) 17. Wogglebug (Instrumental) 18. Where Shall I Go 19. Machine Loop (Instrumental) 20. Story 5 (Harp) 21. Distant Radio Freestyle 22. Blerg (Instrumental) 23. Story 5 (Demo)
Clipping’s Dead Channel SkyPlus, the digital deluxe edition of the group’s Cyberpunk-inspired Hip-Hop project originally released earlier this year, is available today on all streaming services worldwide on Sub Pop.
Dead Channel Sky Plus expands and reorders the original 20-song sequence. The album is now 24 tracks long and includes the new songs “Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala),” “Forever War,” “Hard-Eyes,” and today’s offering, the official video “Mirrorshades, Pt. 1,” directed by Iddo Goldberg.
The new Max Headroom-inspired visual stars the group, with Daveed Diggs taking the lead as the titular character. Goldberg offers this, “It’s easy to shut the world out with our Mirrorshades. Maybe we should celebrate our similarities and not our differences. Through her vulnerabilities, LYRA discovers that she’s more like most of us than she thought she was.” Watch now.
Dead Channel SkyPlus was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky is also available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP purchases from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart Europe (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
Clipping previously announced UK/EU tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky Plus are underway, with a show tonight, Friday September 19th in Brussels, BE at Botanique and and currently runs through Wednesday, September 24th, in Glasgow, UK, at The Garage.
Upon their return to the US, Clipping has scheduled two festival appearances: Chicago, IL’s COLD WAVES XIII Festival (Sep. 27th) and Cincinnati, OH’s Talk Low Fest (Sep. 28th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machine Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko [Sold Out] Tue. Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage Sep. 27 - Chicago, IL - COLD WAVES XIII Festival (@The Metro) Sep. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Fest (@Memorial Hall)
What People Are Saying About Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky: “An epic masterpiece.” ★★★★ ½, DIY
“It’s simply a masterclass in vibrant, unique and breath-stealing hip-hop whose layers of complexity never stand in the way of its fun, vivid storytelling.” 9/10, CLASH
“Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers…” ★★★★ ALL MUSIC
“On their most immediate and vital album yet, the LA rap trio reimagine a cyberpunk-inspired present and future.” PASTE
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“The album is shot through with high-concept storytelling and industrial beats infused with glitchy electronic noises. Diggs’ propulsive rapping lends each song urgency, leading to an overall sound that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.” The AV Club
“The whole thing is a total head-trip.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping Dead Channel Sky Plus
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. Mirrorshades pt. 1 11. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore) 12. Keep Pushing 13. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) 14. Mood Organ 15. Forever War 16. Polaroids 17. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) 18. Madcap 19. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras) 20. “And You Called” (Interlude) 21. Hard-Eyes 22. Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Kid Koala) 23. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock) 24. Ask What Happened
Today, Clipping is sharing the new single “Forever War” from Dead Channel SkyPlus, the digital deluxe edition of the group’s Cyberpunk-inspired Hip-Hop project originally released earlier this year, worldwide on Sub Pop.
Dead Channel Sky Plus expands and reorders the original 20-song sequence. The album is now 24 tracks long and includes the aforementioned “Forever War” along with “Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala),” “Hard-Eyes,” and current live fan favorite “Mirrorshades, Pt. 1.” Please find a full tracklisting below.
Dead Channel SkyPlus was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky is also available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
Clipping’s international tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky Plus continues with a sold out show tonight, Thursday, August 14th, in Brooklyn at Elswhere and currently runs through Wednesday, September 24th, in Glasgow, UK, at The Garage. The band’s play at London’s Koko on September 21st is also sold out.
Upon their return to the US, Clipping has scheduled two festival appearances: Chicago, IL’s COLD WAVES XIII Festival (Sep. 27th) and Cincinnati, OH’s Talk Low Fest (Sep. 28th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Thu. Aug. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere [Sold Out] Fri. Aug. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club [Sold Out] Sat. Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Sun. Aug. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy Sun. Sep. 14 Wroclaw, PL - Avant Art Fest Mon. Sep. 15 - Leipzig, DE - Moritzbastei Tue. Sep. 16 - Berlin, DE - Gretchen Wed. Sep. 17 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Thu. Sep.18 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machine Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko [Sold Out] Tue. Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage Sep. 27 - Chicago, IL - COLD WAVES XIII Festival (@The Metro) Sep. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Fest (@Memorial Hall)
What People Are Saying About Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky:
“An epic masterpiece.” ★★★★ ½, DIY
“It’s simply a masterclass in vibrant, unique and breath-stealing hip-hop whose layers of complexity never stand in the way of its fun, vivid storytelling.” 9/10, CLASH
“Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers…” ★★★★ ALL MUSIC
“On their most immediate and vital album yet, the LA rap trio reimagine a cyberpunk-inspired present and future.” PASTE
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“The album is shot through with high-concept storytelling and industrial beats infused with glitchy electronic noises. Diggs’ propulsive rapping lends each song urgency, leading to an overall sound that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.” The AV Club
“The whole thing is a total head-trip.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping Dead Channel Sky Plus
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. Mirrorshades pt. 1 11. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore) 12. Keep Pushing 13. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) 14. Mood Organ 15. Forever War 16. Polaroids 17. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) 18. Madcap 19. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras) 20. “And You Called” (Interlude) 21. Hard-Eyes 22. Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Kid Koala) 23. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock) 24. Ask What Happened
On September 19th, 2025, Clipping will release Dead Channel SkyPlus, the digital deluxe edition of the group’s Cyberpunk-inspired Hip-Hop project originally released earlier this year, worldwide on Sub Pop.
Dead Channel Sky Plus expands and reorders the original 20-song sequence. The album is now 24 tracks long and includes the new songs “Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala),” “Forever War,” “Hard-Eyes,” and current live fan favorite “Mirrorshades, Pt. 1.” Please find a full tracklisting below.
Dead Channel SkyPlus was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky is also available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
Clipping previously announced International tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky Plus. The tour begins on Thursday, August 7th, in Minneapolis, MN, at The Fine Line and currently runs through Wednesday, September 24th, in Glasgow, UK, at The Garage.
Upon their return to the US, Clipping has scheduled two festival appearances: Chicago, IL’s COLD WAVES XIII Festival (Sep. 27th) and Cincinnati, OH’s Talk Low Fest (Sep. 28th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Thu. Aug. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fine Line (Sold Out) Fri. Aug. 08 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre (Sold Out) Sat. Aug. 09 - Detroit, MI - El Club (Sold Out) Mon. Aug. 11 - Toronto, ON - The Concert Hall (Venue change - tickets added!) Tue. Aug. 12 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Fairmount Wed. Aug. 13 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair (Sold Out) Thu. Aug. 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (Sold Out) Fri. Aug. 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Ukie Club (Sold Out) Sat. Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club Sun. Aug. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy Sun. Sep. 14 Wroclaw, PL - Avant Art Fest Mon. Sep. 15 - Leipzig, DE - Moritzbastei Tue. Sep. 16 - Berlin, DE - Gretchen Wed. Sep. 17 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Thu. Sep.18 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machine Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko Tue. Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage Sep. 27 - Chicago, IL - COLD WAVES XIII Festival (@The Metro) Sep. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Fest (@Memorial Hall)
What People Are Saying About Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky: “An epic masterpiece.” ★★★★ ½, DIY
“It’s simply a masterclass in vibrant, unique and breath-stealing hip-hop whose layers of complexity never stand in the way of its fun, vivid storytelling.” 9/10, CLASH
“Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers…” ★★★★ ALL MUSIC
“On their most immediate and vital album yet, the LA rap trio reimagine a cyberpunk-inspired present and future.” PASTE
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“The album is shot through with high-concept storytelling and industrial beats infused with glitchy electronic noises. Diggs’ propulsive rapping lends each song urgency, leading to an overall sound that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.” The AV Club
“The whole thing is a total head-trip.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping Dead Channel Sky Plus
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. Mirrorshades pt. 1 11. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore) 12. Keep Pushing 13. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) 14. Mood Organ 15. Forever War 16. Polaroids 17. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) 18. Madcap 19. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras) 20. “And You Called” (Interlude) 21. Hard-Eyes 22. Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Kid Koala) 23. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock) 24. Ask What Happened
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky, their long-awaited, forthcoming Cyberpunk and Hip Hop project, will be out this Friday, March 14th, 2025 worldwide on Sub Pop.
Clipping has added new, headlining shows for the UK and Europe in support of Dead Channel Sky. The new dates begin Sunday, September 14th in Wroclaw, PL at Avant Art Fest and currently run through Wednesday, September 24th in Glasgow, UK at The Garage/Slay.
The band’s previously announced North American dates for Spring and Summer 2025, begin this Friday, March 14th with a hometown show in Los Angeles at The Echoplex and run through Sunday, August 17th in Asheville, NC at Eulogy. 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 [Sold Out] Sat. Mar. 15 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent [Sold Out] Sat. Mar. 29 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival Thu. Apr. 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge [Sold Out] 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 [Sold Out] Thu. May 01 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Sat. May 03 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield Trading Post Thu. Aug. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fine Line 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 Sun. Aug. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy Sun. Sep. 14 Wroclaw, PL - Avant Art Fest Tue. Sep. 16 - Berlin, DE - Gretchen Wed. Sep. 17 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Thu. Sep.18 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machin Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko Tue.Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky includes the singles “Run It,”“Keep Pushing,”Change the Channel,”“Welcome Home Warrior (Feat. Aesop Rock),” and “Code,” 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), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows 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.
What People Are Saying About Clipping:
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“…rather than focus on opening up a discourse solely fixated on what a dystopian future might look like, the sixth album from Clipping creates an aural assault on the potential present in the name of all we have, and will, fail to overturn.” “Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
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
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
