DJ Shadow is releasing a new 23-track album this year
'Our Pathetic Age' marks his first full-length in three years
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 Wins02. Slingblade03. Intersectionality04. Beauty, Power, Motion, Life, Work, Chaos, Law05. Juggernaut06. Firestorm07. Weightless08. Rosie09. If I Died Today10. My Lonely Room11. We Are Always Alone12. Drone Warfare feat. Nas, Pharaohe Monch13. Rain On Snow feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon14. Rocket Fuel feat. De La Soul15. C.O.N.F.O.R.M. feat. Gift of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker, Infamous Taz16. Small Colleges (Stay With Me) feat. Wiki, Paul Banks17. JoJo's Words feat. Stro18. Kings & Queens feat. Run the Jewels19. Taxin' feat. Dave East20. Dark Side of the Heart feat. Fantastic Negrito, Jumbo is Dr.ama21. I Am Not A Robot (Interlude)22. Urgent, Important, Please Read feat. Rockwell Knuckles, Tef Poe, Daemon23. Our Pathetic Age feat. Samuel T. Herring
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