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NEWS : WED, SEP 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM

PISS Announce you made me / skin on linen Available October 30th

On October 30th, noisy, genre-bending four-piece PISS will release their debut effort, you made me / skin on linen, on LP/CD/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Paper Bag Records. The Vancouver, B.C., band combines punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, creating a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between personal and political.

you made me / skin on linen, depicts a childhood shaped by structural, systemic, and intimate violence. Throughout the record, art-making motifs serve as metaphors for the myriad ways we carry the effects of this violence: each experience leaves an impression, gradually creating or deforming the self, much like a piece of clay molded by every mark it receives. The record resists simple conclusions; rather than offering a single perspective, it examines violence as a ubiquitous facet of our culture. It asks questions—how does violence impact our development? Are our wounds inextricable parts of us? And if not, then where do our wounds end and we begin?—and allows the listener to devise their own answers.

Today, the band has shared their debut offering, “time loop at hot slit,” a frenetic noise-punk examination of girlhood in a culture of sexualization. The song pairs a danceable chorus with witty, poetic lyrics wailed in anguish and uncanny eroticism. This official video was co-directed by PISS frontperson Taylor Zantingh and Vivyen Sagsen. Filmed at the now-closed-down DIY space, Take Yr Time Back in Vancouver, BC, Zantingh shares: “Some of the people with whom I shared the earliest version of “time loop at hot slit” take the stage to sing it themselves. Our local scene has been singing this song with us for two years!! It’s very exciting to finally share it with the world, but no matter where it ends up, it will always belong to the femmes, queers, and weirdos in the Vancouver underground community <3”. Click HERE to watch.

PISS will embark on an international headline and festival tour beginning on September 3rd in Margate, UK, at Where Else?, running through November 14th in London, UK, at the Moth Club. Highlights for this announcement include a 12-date run as direct support for Dublin post-punk group Gilla Band, with additional performances on September 6th in Salisbury, UK, at End of the Road Festival, September 25th in Toronto, ON at Second Summer Festival, and Thursday, November 5th, in Reykjavik, IS at Iceland Airwaves. See below for a full list of dates.

Thu. Sep. 03 - Margate, UK - Where Else?
Fri. Sep. 04 - Brighton, UK - Brighton Psych Fest
Sun. Sep. 06 - Salisbury, UK - End of the Road Festival
Fri. Sep. 25 - Toronto, ON - Second Summer Festival
Sat. Sep. 26 - Kitchener, ON - Wrecker Fest
Wed. Oct. 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts*
Thu. Oct. 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere - The Hall*
Sat. Oct. 17 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall*
Tue. Oct. 20 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace*
Wed. Oct. 21 - Detroit, MI - Third Man Records - Cass Corridor*
Thu. Oct. 22 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge*
Sat. Oct. 24 - Saint Paul, MN - Turf Club*
Tue. Oct. 27- Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater*
Wed. Oct. 28 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court*
Fri. Oct. 30 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios*
Sat. Oct. 31 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl on Granville*
Sun. Nov. 01 - Seattle, WA - Neumos*
Thu. Nov. 05 - Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
Sat. Nov. 07 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Paris
Sun. Nov. 08 - Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City
Tue. Nov. 10 - Amsterdam, NE - Paradiso (Small Hall)
Wed. Nov. 11 - Nijmegen, NE - Merleyn
Sat. Nov. 14 - London, UK - Moth Club

* supporting Gilla Band

PISS is Taylor Zantingh (vocals), Tyler Paterson (guitar), Gavin Moya (bass), and Garreth Roberts (drums). The band recorded their debut album, you made me / skin on linen, in January 2025 with Colin Stewart at Hive Creative Labs. The album is forthcoming on October 30, 2026, via Paper Bag Records (Canada) and Sub Pop Records (worldwide).

you made me / skin on linen is now available to preorder from Sub Pop and Bandcamp. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK/EU, and your local record store will receive the album on Baby Pink vinyl, with a Baby Pink/Grey Blend available exclusively at their Bandcamp page and at the band’s live show, while supplies last.

In addition to the album pre-order, PISS are partnering with autonomous spaces and radical community hubs around North America to distribute free copies of the album. Until October 30th, customers can purchase an additional, discounted copy of you made me / skin on linen to be donated to one of these spaces. The band shares, “The purpose of this project is to increase the accessibility of physical copies of the record, but I also hope it will encourage anyone who enjoys our music to connect with other radicals in their communities! It is more important than ever to lean into offline, autonomous social spaces. We cannot build a real movement by communicating with tools built and controlled by the powers we aim to challenge!!!”

Read more about PISS at Sub Pop.

What people are saying about PISS:
“If you want a Dork guarantee, Piss are about to become *the* band everyone is talking about for the year to come.” - DORK
“PISS are fated to become leaders of the contemporary hardcore punk movement, returning it to it’s fierce roots of political candor and forthright rage.” - DIY Mag

“Bathed in the intimacy of unrelenting emotion, PISS cuts to the bone with a blade of bass-laden dissonance and driving, hard-hitting rhythms. - Line of Best Fit

“The world around us is a main character here, though, as I think what impacts me about PISS is that while Zantingh deals so vividly with the intense impact of sexual violence, she also refuses victim rhetoric, considering instead how no one should have to stomach it – they should be able to rage back.”
- Far Out

“For now, PISS’s recorded output consists of those three tracks on Bandcamp. All of them sound like a car bomb going off in a sheet metal factory, the vocals screamed and road-rash raw, the guitars feedback-drenched and distortion-jacked, the drums and bass bombastically concussive. If you like music filed under “extreme and uncompromising”, PISS is very likely your new favourite band.”
- The Georgia Straight

“What PISS delivered wasn’t a set at all: it was a penance, an exorcism, a resistance.” - Exclaim!

“Tense, daunting and bursting with righteous anger, PISS seemed like a pack of open nerves, ready to engulf the entire room. There were people crying in the audience, as lead singer Taylor Zantingh spoke, screamed and scorched through the ugliest crevices of sustained cruelty, inter-gender violence and predatory behaviour.” - Range Magazine

“A palpable atmospheric shift occurs when the band strikes its first note. Before PISS finish their opening song, the audience is no longer focused on their drink orders at the bar; background conversations screech to a halt as PISS screech in cathartic fury.” - Northern Transmissions

“Merciless drums rattle skulls. Screeching guitar riffs stab and bite. At other times, agonising tension builds as patient chords pull you into the narrative and spit you back out again. All the while, Taylor Zantingh’s gut-wrenching vocals conjure feelings of fury and sadness. You will struggle to find a more intense band anywhere.” - Stereoboard

“I was not prepared for PISS. This set from the newer Vancouver post-hardcore punk quartet should come with a trigger warning. The brutal passion and unruly rage are palpable as lead singer Taylor Zantingh runs around the stage, taking the role of a woman who has dealt with sexual trauma and coercion, usually from older men.” - Cult Mtl

“Their sets feel less like shows and more like controlled detonations—tense, cathartic, and emotionally blistering. ‘A pack of open nerves’ is how RANGE described them after a Sled Island set that had people crying in the crowd. When they played with Lambrini Girls, Exclaim! called out their ability to completely shift the atmosphere from note one. It’s art. It’s punk. It’s chaos, turned surgical.” -
Culture Addict

PISS
you made me / skin on linen

Tracklisting:
1. kai and friends
2. i wanted to be a singer
3. andrea I
4. time loop at hot slit
5. manon on the trial of gisèle pelicot
6. a little girl’s horse craze betrays her
7. toni
8. there was a door
9. andrea II
10. how can you act opposite to this emotion?
11. blocking a scene you can’t remember
12. self-blame with thorn necklace and hummingbird
13. vikki
14. Rote Zora. “Resistance is Possible.” Emma, no. 6, June 1984, pp. 39-41.
15. i keep trying to change the ending

NEWS : FRI, AUG 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Sera Cahoone’s I’ve Missed You All These Years Is Out Today

Sera Cahoone is sharing the official video for “Hits Right” from her new album, I’ve Missed You All These Years, out today, Friday, August 28th worldwide from Sub Pop.

The sweet and triumphant “Hits Right” visual was directed by Tony Fulgham and shot by Carrie Robinson at Cowgirls, Inc. in Seattle. It finds Sera sitting in a bar, watching her friends have fun, wishing she could do the same, and fantasizing about what it would be like not to be uptight and lonely.

Sera will support I’ve Missed You All These Years with live dates this fall. On Saturday, September 5th at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. Later in the month, she’ll head out to the East Coast and Midwest US for a string of dates beginning Friday, September 18th in Nashville, TN, with a show at Brown’s Diner during AMERICANAFEST (for the NITO Indie Spotlight, 4-8 pm). The tour will continue through Saturday, October 3rd in Medford, MA at Deep Cuts. The tour will include stops in Minneapolis, Chicago, Vienna (VA), Philadelphia, Ridgewood (NY), and Medford (MA). Additional live dates will be announced soon.

Sat. Sep. 05 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
Fri. Sep. 18 - Nashville, TN - Brown’s Diner (NITO Indie Spotlight, 4-8 pm)
Wed. Sep. 23 - Minneapolis, MN - Icehouse
Sat Sep. 26 - Chicago, IL - Hideout
Tue. Sep. 29 - Vienna, VA - Jammin Java
Wed. Sep. 30 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
Thu. Oct. 01 - Ridgewood, NY - Stone Circle Theatre
Sat. Oct. 03 - Medford, MA - Deepcuts

On I’ve Missed You All These Years, her sixth record, Cahoone is in full command of her powers. In its ability to hold loss and connection in the same hand, the album is triumphant, a celebration of life rooted in the knowledge of its fleeting nature. The product of a lifetime spent performing and producing music, the album traverses blues, folk, pop, and country, evoking Loretta Lynn in one song and Lucinda Williams in the next. It’s a testament to the strength that creativity and community brings, a portrait of an artist who knows herself completely.

I’ve Missed You All These Years includes the singles “Say Something,” “Pulling Up Roots,” and “Not How I Hoped,” and was co-produced by Sera Cahoone and John Morgan Askew at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, WA, mixed by Askew at Scenic Burrows in Vancouver, WA, and mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering.

I’ve Missed You All These Years is available now on CD/LP/Digitally from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK and EU, Sera’s live shows, and your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition on Metallic Gold vinyl (while supplies last).

Sera sat for an interview with No Depression earlier this month about the new album. Read her “Artist Spotlight” here.

What People Are Saying About Sera Cahoone:
“A new album from the Colorado-to-Seattle songwriter is a rare gift, and her first since 2017 feels familiar, nostalgic and sad. Its sturdy country-folk songs are decorated with small details: a winking electric piano, the deep sigh of a cello, steel guitar like the whistle of a distant train.” 8/10, UNCUT

“Time out of the spotlight helped develop and refine Cahoone’s sense of rhythm, her approach to collaborating with other artists, and ability to home in on the exact sound she wants in the studio. These profound breakthroughs are noticeable throughout her new solo album, the aptly titled I’ve Missed You All These Years, which is quite possibly her strongest and most realized collection of music to date.” No Depression

“I’ve Missed You All These Years stands above the others in her catalog. From the acoustic guitar walk-down on the opener “High and Low” to the lax finger-picking pattern on the final song “Something Good,” the arrangements have that sense of effortlessness that comes from musicians who have worked together many times before (and aren’t bored with each other). Nothing strains to make a point here, as everything seems to simply settle into place” GLIDE

“Shaped by a gorgeous backing of guitar, piano, and Hammond organ, the rich-n-swaying ballad finds Cahoone singing with a well-worn smile flickering at the edges, a flash of light that balances the heavy-hearted nature of the lyrics. Framing a portrait of strained but wholly vital domesticity, Cahoone’s voice is full of tenderness, holding a sense of yearning that is palpable in the weight it carries.” (“Say Something”) Gold Flake Paint

“Her new album I’ve Missed You All These Years, out August 28, is so richly tuneful and full it sounds as if it could’ve come out at any time since about 1968. It’s previewed by Say Something, which is a little bit Emmylou Harris, a bit Loretta Lynn, even quite Joan Baez, a lot Weyes Blood – and wouldn’t you love to hear them together?” The New Cue

Sera Cahoone
I’ve Missed You All These Years

Tracklisting:
1. High and Low
2. Say Something
3. No One Like You
4. Not How I Hoped
5. Horse Runnin’
6. Pulling Up Roots
7. Supposed To Be
8. Hits Right
9. Tangled Nights
10. I’m No Fool
11. Something Good

NEWS : WED, AUG 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Sub Pop Signs New Orleans’ Twisted Teens to Release Their Music Throughout the Known Universe for 2026 and Beyond

Sub Pop has signed the prolific and mythical Twisted Teens, the New Orleans band led by Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos, to release their music throughout the known universe in 2026 and beyond. The band has already released two acclaimed albums in 2026: Blame the Clown on Chain Smoking Records (January) and Florida Water Blues on Going Underground (July). Watch the official videos for the Florida Water Blues title track and its second single, “Swamp,” now.

In its “Best New Music” review of Blame the Clown, Pitchfork says of the band’s music, “It’s garage punk with an old-school country twang; as their personality seeps through the sound like dye, it takes on the color of music’s sepia-toned past and technicolor present (8.2/10).”

The Guardian offers this: “Not one but two of the year’s best albums so far are authored by a ragtag, deeply charismatic band from Louisiana named Twisted Teens, who bear Pynchonian names – Caspian Halliwell and RJ “Razor Ramone” Santos – a console steel guitar and, in Halliwell case, one of rock’s greatest, most soulful voices in many years. Virtuosic when it counts, ramshackle when necessary…”

Twisted Teens will hit the road next week, starting with two Southern California shows supporting The Breeders and immediately followed by a headlining run up the West Coast. These dates begin and end in Los Angeles, first on Monday, August 24th, at the Hollywood Palladium, and ending Friday, September 4th, with a sold-out show at Zebulon.

Then in November, Twisted Teens will headline a sold-out show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, November 3rd. Immediately after, they will join recent tour mates Kurt Vile and The Violators on their headlining run, beginning Wednesday, November 4th in Buffalo, NY, at Asbury Hall and running through Tuesday, November 24th in Baltimore, MD, at Ottobar.

Twisted Teens will also close out 2026 with a tour of Australia beginning Friday, December 11th, in Melbourne at Howler and ending Wednesday, December 16th, in Sydney, at Oxford Art Factory. The tour includes a stop in Meredith, Victoria, on Saturday, December 12th, 2026, for a performance at Meredith Music Festival. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.

For regular performance and ticketing updates, please visit TwistedTeens.com.

Mon. Aug. 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium *
Tue. Aug. 25 - Del Mar, CA - The Sound *
Wed. Aug. 26 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place [Sold Out]
Fri. Aug. 28 - Portland, OR - Polaris [Sold Out]
Sat. Aug. 29 - Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore
Sun. Aug. 30 - Seattle, WA - Baba Yaga [Sold Out]
Mon. Aug. 31 - Olympia, WA - The Mortuary
Wed. Sep. 02 - Oakland, CA - Thee Stork Club [Sold Out]
Thu. Sep. 03 - San Francisco, CA - Make Out Room
Fri. Sep. 04 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon [Sold Out]
Tue. Nov. 03 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom [Sold Out]
Wed. Nov. 04 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall ^
Thu. Nov. 05 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ^
Fri. Nov. 06 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall ^
Sat. Nov. 07 - St. Louis, MO - The Sovereign ^
Sun. Nov. 08 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^
Tue. Nov. 10 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s ^
Wed. Nov. 11 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall ^
Thu. Nov. 12 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^
Fri. Nov. 13 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington’s ^
Sat. Nov. 14 - Denver, CO - Summit ^
Mon. Nov. 16 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge ^
Tue. Nov. 17 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall ^
Wed. Nov. 18 - New Orleans, LA - Joy Theatre ^
Fri. Nov. 20 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^
Sat. Nov. 21 - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm ^
Sun. Nov. 22 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^
Mon. Nov. 23 - Richmond, VA - The National ^
Tue. Nov. 24 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^
Fri. Dec. 11 - Melbourne, AU - Howler
Sat. Dec. 12 - Meredith, VIC, AU - Meredith Music Festival
Tue. Dec. 15 - Brisbane, QLD, AU - Crowbar
Wed. Dec. 16 - Sydney, NSW, AU - Oxford Art Factory

* w/ Breeders
^ w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators

Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown is out now on Chain Smoking Records. Florida Water Blues is available in North America through Going Underground Records, and on Friday, September 18th, Sub Pop will release the LP for the rest of the world.

NEWS : FRI, AUG 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Sweeping Promises You Say I Romanticize Is Out Now

Today, Friday, August 14th, Sweeping Promises release their incredible new album, You Say I Romanticize, worldwide on Sub Pop. The band is celebrating the occasion with a new video for the song “Rapture, Or…” directed by Shawn Brackbill. Click HERE to watch.

Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal of Sweeping Promises share about the song: “‘Rapture, Or…’ we originally envisioned a sort of fallen monastic, mockingly devout, longing for a near-term judgment day (catch phrase: ‘I can’t wait for tomorrow’). The actual lyrics are scenario-adaptable, though, as apocalypse fantasies seemingly guide culture now, so you can’t blame us for finding a desire lane amid the ruins. It’s one of our poppier songs ever. We double-tracked Lira’s loud vocals in our tiled bathroom - our ‘cathedral’. A malfunctioning arp played the ascendant synth arpeggios, and the guitar on this one was improvised.”

The band is also currently in the midst of a five-date run of FREE in-store performances at independent record stores across the Midwest. Starting August 12th at Old Love Garden at the Toy Store Upstairs in their hometown of Lawrence, KS; August 13th at Euclid Records in St. Louis, MO; August 14th at Goner Records in Memphis, TN; Feel It Records in Cincinnati, OH on August 15th; and Bric-a-Brac Records & Collectibles in Chicago, IL on August 16th. These in-store performances are FREE to the public, and you can grab a Loser Edition of the new record on Black and Yellow Confetti vinyl while supplies last.

Sweeping Promises embark on a North American headline tour in the fall of 2026. The first leg begins September 9th in Oklahoma City, OK, and runs through September 29th, culminating in a hometown show at White Schoolhouse in Lawrence, KS. The second leg begins October 27th in Omaha, NE, and ends November 18th in Nashville, TN. Further live dates, including international touring, will follow soon. Tickets available at sweepingpromises.com.

YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE IN-STORES WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES
Wed. Aug 12 - Lawrence, KS - Old Love Garden at the Toy Store Upstairs @ 7:00 PM
Thu. Aug. 13 - St. Louis, MO - Euclid Records @ 6:00 PM
Fri. Aug. 14 - Memphis, TN - Goner Records @ 6:00 PM
Sat. Aug. 15 - Cincinnati, OH - Feel It @ 5:00 PM
Sun. Aug. 16 - Chicago, IL - Bric-a-Brac Records & Collectibles @ 4:00 PM

YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR
Wed. Sep. 09 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head
Thu. Sep. 10 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
Fri. Sep. 11 - Austin, TX - LEVITATION
Sat. Sep. 12 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger
Tue. Sep. 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Wed. Sep. 16 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
Thu. Sep. 17 - Los Angeles, CA - Sid the Cat Auditorium
Fri. Sep. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
Sun. Sep. 20 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Tue. Sep. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
Wed. Sep. 23 - Seattle, WA - Baba Yaga
Fri. Sep. 25 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club Basement
Sat. Sep. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC at Quarters
Sun. Sep. 27 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Tue. Sep. 29 - Lawrence, KS - White Schoolhouse
Tue. Oct. 27 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
Wed. Oct. 28 - St Paul, MN - Turf Club
Thu. Oct 29 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
Fri. Oct. 30 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 31 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
Tue. Nov. 03 - Toronto, ON - Monarch
Wed. Nov. 04 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
Thu. Nov. 05 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Fri. Nov. 06 - Boston, MA - Deep Cuts
Sun. Nov. 08 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Tue. Nov. 10 - New York, NY - Night Club 101
Wed. Nov. 11 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
Thu. Nov. 12 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
Fri. Nov. 13 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
Sat. Nov. 14 - Richmond, VA - Cobra Cabana
Mon. Nov. 16 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook
Tue. Nov. 17 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Purgatory)
Wed. Nov. 18 - Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR

“Rapture, Or…” follows the previously released singles “Accent,” “Cocoon,” and “Shooting Shadows.” You Say I Romanticize was recorded over an 18-month period and is a tribute to the chaos of creation and collaboration under shifting circumstances. Guitarist Caufield Schnug and bassist/vocalist Lira Mondal found and tested themselves in their combination tour house and recording studio in Kansas, annually working on dozens of albums from other bands, hosting tour stops, planning shows, and the like. After an immersive process of tracking and whittling down YSIR demos and carving out an idiosyncratic chamber-recording method for the album’s intentional wall-of-sound, the duo brought in touring drummer Spenser Gralla to play the songs as the band would on stage.

Sweeping Promises, You Say I Romanticize, is out now on CD/LP/Digitally worldwide from Sub Pop.

What people are saying about Sweeping Promises You Say I Romanticize:
“‘Shooting Shadows’ is a post-punk riot with an audacious bassline”. - [Shooting Shadows] Stereogum

“Few contemporary bands have managed to make art-punk feel as immediate and alive as Sweeping Promises. - The Big Takeover

“Sweeping Promises manage to extol the importance of self-expression while advocating for a collective good.” - Paste

“The Kansas art-punk outfit tap into wall-of-sound maximalism and literary themes on their second album.” - [HOT LIST SUMMER 2026] Bandcamp

“The bass-driven post-punk spirit of the Slits, Ut and Au Pairs suffuses the brilliant latest single from the Kansas band, vocalist Lira Mondal coiled and prowling then letting go with high-pitched yells” - [“Accent”] The Guardian

”You Say I Romanticize laughs at doing things the hard way and embraces the humanity of it all. It’s not searching for the perfect experience, but being present in one’s own life, art, and community.” - The Line of Best Fit

“The power duo are back with their frenetic art punk style that will equally satisfy as well as leave you famished and craving more” - NARC

Sweeping Promises
You Say I Romanticize

Tracklisting:
1. Shooting Shadows
2. My Friend’s An Entomologist
3. Last Man
4. Rapture, Or…
5. Abduction On Camera
6. My Anchoress
7. Cocoon
8. Accent
9. Does He Want To Be The Weatherman?
10. Write Lightly

NEWS : WED, AUG 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Shabazz Palaces Announces It’s a Style Sport, His New Album, Available Friday, October 23rd Worldwide From Sub Pop

Today, August 11th, 2026, Ever-evolving rapper, producer, and musician Ishmael Butler has announced his return as Shabazz Palaces and forthcoming new album, It’s a Style Sport, out Friday, October 23rd worldwide from Sub Pop.

It’s a Style Sport is the eighth Shabazz Palaces studio album and first since the release of sibling mini-albums 2023’s Robed In Rareness and 2024’s Exotic Birds Of Prey.

The ten-track project is preceded by thumping meditation “Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet),” out today via a new visualizer from Jacob Kasar and edited by Leigh Riibe. The single finds Butler taking the role of an all-knowing narrator, telling the story of his own life and rise to excellence from a fantasy-fuelled third-person perspective, ending with a list of directives for a successful life. Butler deals out flair while staying grounded in what matters most: his own honor.

It’s a Style Sport is a bold, forthright, and heavy-hitting album. Throughout, Butler compiles what he’s learned from his storied, dense career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fuelled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination.

It’s a Style Sport features guest appearances from Marquette Miller, Thaddeus “Thaddillac” Turner, Evan Flory-Barnes, Gerald “Tugboat” Turner, Kassa Overall and Carlos Overall. The album was produced by Shabazz Palaces and Erik Blood, recorded at Circular Ruin Studios in Brooklyn (NY), Lake View Studios and Hall of Justice in Seattle (WA), and Parkman Labs in Los Angeles (CA). It was mixed by Blood at Circular Ruin, and mastered by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering in Detroit (MI).

Ishmael Butler has been consistently exploring the outer reaches of music for the last three and a half decades. In the early 90s, he helped pioneer jazz-infused hip-hop by founding Digable Planets, the Grammy Award-winning trio who released two landmark albums, toured with Sade, and are still playing live together today. Butler’s later creative rebirth as Shabazz Palaces began in earnest 15 years ago with the experimental, highly influential debut album, Black Up. Butler has continued to push boundaries over seven subsequent Shabazz Palaces albums, and his exemplary taste and verve has led to collaborations with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, George Clinton, Clipping, Battles, Oneohtrix Point Never, Animal Collective, plus his own son, Lil Tracy.

Shabazz Palaces has toured with Radiohead, TV On The Radio, and Ms Lauryn Hill. Additionally, Butler’s ability to spot like-minded visionaries, both in music and the wider creative cosmos, has led to striking visual output alongside filmmakers Khalil Joseph (Beyoncé, FKA Twigs, Kendrick Lamar) and Hiro Murai (Atlanta, Widow’s Bay), to incredible design work with Toronto artist/designer and his fellow Black Constellation member Nep Sidhu.

Shabazz Palaces It’s a Style Sport is available now to preorder on CD/LP/Digital from Sub Pop. 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 limited Loser edition on Metallic Silver (North America) and Sparkle Starlight (EU/UK) vinyl (while supplies last).

Later this week, Shabazz Palaces and his live band will join labelmates Clipping at their Splendor & Misery Festival, happening Thursday, August 13th at Knockdown Center in Flushing, NY. On Friday, August 14th, Shabazz Palaces will host “Baz Off Broadway,” a DJ set via The Lot Radio in Brooklyn from 2-3 pm ET.

On Saturday, September 12th, Shabazz Palaces will also perform at The Genius Awards event hosted by local arts and culture magazine The Stranger in Seattle at The Moore Theatre.

Additional Shabazz Palaces live dates will be announced soon on www.shabazzpalaces.com and subpop.com.

More on It’s a Style Sport by Tasha Riley here

Shabazz Palaces
It’s a Style Sport

Tracklisting:
1. Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)
2. Field Notes
3. Show Me Missouri In Mink
4. Jheri Curl Jump
5. Deadstock Dude
6. Tongue In Chic
7. Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M.
8. Olivia According To Touch
9. Money Can’t Save Your Mind
10. From One Future To Another

NEWS : WED, AUG 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Clipping’s Splendor & Misery (Anniversary X): Available On 2xLP Friday, November 13th

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)

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