DJ Shadow is releasing a new 23-track album this year

DJ Shadow is set to release his first album in three years, 'Our Pathetic Age', in November.

The London-based hip-hop producer and DJ collaborates with a host of rappers on the latter half of the 23-track LP, with the first 11 tracks formed of instrumentals.

Features include the likes of Nas, Run The Jewels, Ghostface Killah, Wiki, De La Soul and Raekwon.

On the album, which brings ‘rampant homelessness’ and ‘a real fear of falling into generational poverty’ to the fore, Shadow - real name Josh Davis - said: “People are addicted to, and addled by distraction; they're angry and confused, and disaffected by their own governmental institutions. There's songs that are inspired by this energy and seek to harness it, to make sense of it.”

'Our Pathetic Age' will be released via Mass Appeal, on November 15. You can hear lead track Rosie' below.

Tracklist: 01. Nature Always Wins 02. Slingblade 03. Intersectionality 04. Beauty, Power, Motion, Life, Work, Chaos, Law 05. Juggernaut 06. Firestorm 07. Weightless 08. Rosie 09. If I Died Today 10. My Lonely Room 11. We Are Always Alone 12. Drone Warfare feat. Nas, Pharaohe Monch 13. Rain On Snow feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon 14. Rocket Fuel feat. De La Soul 15. C.O.N.F.O.R.M. feat. Gift of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker, Infamous Taz 16. Small Colleges (Stay With Me) feat. Wiki, Paul Banks 17. JoJo's Words feat. Stro 18. Kings & Queens feat. Run the Jewels 19. Taxin' feat. Dave East 20. Dark Side of the Heart feat. Fantastic Negrito, Jumbo is Dr.ama 21. I Am Not A Robot (Interlude) 22. Urgent, Important, Please Read feat. Rockwell Knuckles, Tef Poe, Daemon 23. Our Pathetic Age feat. Samuel T. Herring

[Via: RA]

Oliver Payne is a freelance journalist, follow him on Twitter

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