{"product_id":"clipping-splendor-misery-lp-digital-download-card","title":"Clipping - Splendor \u0026 Misery LP (Digital Download Card) ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing includes digital download. Since the release of CLPPNG, things have changed for the band-William finished his Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies with a dissertation on experimental music, Jonathan composed scores for the films Starry Eyes, The Nightmare, Excess Flesh, and Contracted: Phase II, and Daveed hit Broadway. Their activities outside Clipping have always influenced their work in the band, but never as much as in the creation of Splendor \u0026amp; Misery. Splendor \u0026amp; 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 it's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel: Sub Pop\u003cbr\u003eUPC: 098787117318\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: September 06, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Way Away (Intro)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Breach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e All Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Interlude 01 (Freestyle)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wake Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Long Way Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Interlude 02 (Numbers)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e True Believer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Long Way Away Instrumental)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Air 'Em Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Interlude 03 (Freestyle)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Break the Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Story 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Baby Don't Sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"02- Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56731994653045,"sku":"098787117318","price":3.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/3425989.jpg?v=1770890113","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/clipping-splendor-misery-lp-digital-download-card","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}