300 copies available to indies only.
Clipping celebrates the 10th anniversary edition of their landmark sci-fi concept album with a double-LP edition featuring new art and an album of bonus material.
Splendor & Misery was nominated for a 2017 Hugo Award, landed on many year-end lists, and made Pitchforks best industrial albums of all time list.
Clippings Daveed Diggs earned Grammy and Tony awards for his two roles in the Broadway hit Hamilton, and acted in Snowpiercer, Black-ish, Blindspotting, The Little Mermaid, The Boys. His bandmates are renowned soundtrack artists, and the trio made the Disney song Puppy for Hanukkah.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Splendor & Misery (Anniversary X) is the tenth-anniversary edition of experimental rap trio Clippings Hugo Award-nominated sci-fi opus. This deluxe edition features revised art, the original album, plus eight previously unreleased songs and alternate takes.
Splendor & 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 ships shuddering hull and chirping instrument panels. Clippings music draws an imaginary sonic map of the ships decks, hallways, and quarters, while Daveed Diggs lyrics ride the rhythms produced by its engines and machinery.
Splendor & Misery is one of Clippings most beloved releases. It made multiple year-end lists and earned praise from The New York Times, Bandcamp Daily, CLASH, The Line Of Best Fit, The Needle Drop, Uproxx, The Observer, and Stereogum. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked Splendor & Misery as one of the 33 best industrial albums of all time. Clipping celebrated the album in August, 2026 with the Splendor & Misery Fest at NYCs Knockdown Center with opening acts SPELLLING, Shabazz Palaces, ELUCID, Fatboi Sharif, evicshen, and Maria Chavez.