Bottomless Pit (album)
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| Studio album by Death Grips | ||||||||||
| Released | May 6, 2016 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2015-2016 | |||||||||
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| Length | 39:20 | |||||||||
| Label | Third Worlds, Harvest | |||||||||
| Producer | Death Grips | |||||||||
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Bottomless Pit is the fifth studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips. [1]
Background and release
On October 21, 2015, the group uploaded a video to their YouTube page titled Bottomless Pit. It features footage from 2013 of the late American actress Karen Black reciting lines from a film script Zach Hill wrote months before her untimely death. They also posted on their website and Facebook that this would be the title for their upcoming fifth official studio album.[2][3]
On February 6, 2016, Death Grips released a song called "Hot Head" from their upcoming album onto their SoundCloud and YouTube accounts.[4]
On March 18, 2016, the band published a Facebook post featuring the cover artwork for Bottomless Pit and the track listing. [5]
On April 19, 2016, the band announced a release date of May 6 via a Facebook post alongside a download link for a document containing lyrics for each track on the album.[6]
On April 29, 2016, the album was leaked in its entirety from the band's SoundCloud page via the website Reddit.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Hot Head" | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Spikes" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Warping" | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Eh" | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Bubbles Buried in this Jungle" | 2:40 |
| 7. | "Trash" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Houdini" | 2:44 |
| 9. | "BB Poison" | 3:06 |
| 10. | "Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood" | 3:03 |
| 11. | "Ring a Bell" | 2:26 |
| 12. | "80808" | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Bottomless Pit" | 2:55 |
Total length: |
39:20 | |
Personnel
- Death Grips
- Stefan Burnett – vocals
- Zach Hill – drums, production
- Andy Morin – keyboards, production
- Additional musicians
- Nick Reinhart - lead guitar
References
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew (2016-03-18). "Death Grips Detail New Album Bottomless Pit | News". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ "Bottomless Pit". Death Grips. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Death Grips Announce 'Bottomless Pit' Album". Exclaim!. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Death Grips - Hot Head". YouTube. 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ↑ "Timeline Photos". M.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ↑ "Death Grips - the digital release date for our new album... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "zach here, your welcome. :: deathgrips". reddit.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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