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Shabazz Palaces announce second new album, share lead single "30 Clip Extension"

09 May 2017, 18:00 | Written by Laurence Day

Shabazz Palaces are planning a second new album this summer - it's called Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines and the outfit have shared its lead single "30 Clip Extension".

The LP is out the same day as Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star, which was announced last month. It's produced by Palaceer Lazaro (aka Shabazz Palaces' Ishmael Butler) and Sunny Levine (Quincey Jones’ grandson).

Like Born On A Gangster Star, this second long-player focuses on Quazarz, "a sentient being from somewhere else, an observer sent to ‘Amurderca’ as a musical emissary to chronicle and explore." This time out Quazarz stumbles across a world where "humankind’s relationship with their tech-devices has become weirdly sensual."

The Jealous Machines will be available as an "illustrated album" with a 32-page book featuring imagery from Joshua Ray Stephens. Stephens ans Shabazz Palaces worked together to put the album to paper.

Tracklist:

  1. Welcome To Quazarz
  2. Gorgeous Sleeper Cell
  3. Self-Made Follownaire
  4. Atlaantis
  5. Effeminence (ft. Fly Guy Dai of Chimurenga Renaissance)
  6. Julian’s Dream (Ode To A Bad) (ft. The Shogun Shot)
  7. 30 Clip Extension
  8. Love In The Time Of Kanye (ft. Purple Tape Nate)
  9. Sabonim In The Saab On ‘em
  10. The SS Quintessence
  11. Late Night Phone Calls (ft. Laz)
  12. Quazarz On 23rd
Quazarz Vs. The Jealous Machines and Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star are both released 14 July via Sub Pop.
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