DJ Shadow has revealed the full tracklisting for his forthcoming studio album ‘The Less You Know The Better’.
DJ Shadow’s influence far out weighs his productivity. The turntablist is lauded as one of the most vital figures in the evolution of hip hop, yet his back catalogue musters only three full studio albums.
Album #4 – ‘The Less You Know The Better’ – will drop on October 3rd, and finds DJ Shadow in good company. Completing a series of collaborations, the LP will feature guest slots from Little Dragon, Tom Vek and even Kasabian songwriter Serge Pizzorno.
Speaking to ClashMusic recently, DJ Shadow mused on the meaning of the album title. “Well initially you try and come up with a title which resonates and makes you shake your head and think ‘yeah!’ On a daily, hourly minute-by-minute basis we’re being told that our lives our incomplete and here’s the product which came out which solves all the problems of the previous product and your soul is saved making you a fuller human being.”
“And I think that is a rather dispiriting message to be hearing and I see a large percentage of the population lockstep just buying into this shit. People mortgaging their homes for a load of tat they don’t need… I just find it a bit amusing.”
Due to be released on October 3rd, the full tracklisting for ‘The Less You Know The Better’ has emerged. Read the tracklisting below, then check out the full list of dates on DJ Shadow’s upcoming tour after the jump.
‘Back To Front’ feat. Circular Logic
‘Border Crossing
‘Stay The Course’ feat. Posdnuos and Talib Kweli
‘I’ve Been Trying’
‘Sad And Lonely’
‘Warning Call’ feat. Tom Vek
‘Tedium’
‘Enemy Lines’
‘Going Nowhere’
‘Redeemed’
‘Run for Your Life’
‘Give Me Back The Nights’
‘I Gotta Rokk’
‘Scale It Back’ feat. Little Dragon
‘Circular Logic (Front to Back)’
‘(Not So) Sad and Lonely’
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DJ Shadow has confirmed the following shows:
November
28 Bristol O2 Academy
29 Nottingham Rock City
December
1 Birmingham HMV Institute
2 Leeds O2 Academy
3 Liverpool O2 Academy
5 Glasgow O2 ABC
6 Newcastle O2 Academy
9 London HMV Forum