Shabazz Palaces

Lese Majesty

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Record Label
Sub Pop

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“Sanity, a visage of my wealth
Lost but always found before the idols that I’ve knelt
Strategy, the only way to cry
Keep it do or die and always think in terms of I
Reverie, some legend futures past
Revelry, instead for it renders hella fast
Capitol, a sound that’s on the rise
It’s slaking unrealized until essence has been razed
Sepulcher, a stage enlived by ghosts
Floating off with bags of the blood encrusted dough.”

- “They Come In Gold” (from “The Phasing Shift” suite)

Herein bumps and soars 'Lese Majesty', the new sonic action of Shabazz Palaces. Honed and primal, chromed and primo. A unique and glorified offering into our ever-uniforming musical soundscape. 'Lese Majesty' is a beatific war cry, born of a spell, acknowledging that sophistication and the instinctual are not at odds; Indeed an undoing of the lie of their disparate natures.

'Lese Majesty' is not a launching pad for the group’s fan base increasing propaganda. It is a series of astral suites, recorded happenings, shared. A dare to dive deep into Shabazz Palaces sounds, vibrations unfettered. A dope-hex thrown from the compartments that have artificially contained us all and hindered our sublime collusion.

These reveries were sent to Palaceer Lazaro and Fly Guy ‘Dai in the year of gun beat battles in excess; In a succession of days, whilst walking in dreams and in varied transcendental states….(every minute of every day is filled with observation and composition. In action). Songs are committed and gathered by robots at Protect and Exalt Labs, a Black Space in Seattle, Washington.

TRACK LISTING

Dawn In Luxor
Forerunner Foray
They Come In Gold
Solemn Swears
Harem Aria
Noetic Noiromantics
The Ballad Of Lt. Maj. Winnings
Soundview
Ishmael...
Down 155th In The MCM Snorkel
Divine Of Form
#CAKE
Colluding Oligarchs
Suspicion Of A Shape
Mindglitch Keytar TM Theme
Motion Sickness
New Black Wave
Sonic Mythmap For The Trip Back

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