Double vinyl LP pressing. Algiers have always been unflinching, but SHOOK is at the same time notably joyous and celebratory. It was born when Fisher and Mahan found themselves back in their native Atlanta for several months, reeling from growing pressures and burnout as touring musicians. This triggered an intense period of beatmaking, reconnecting as friends over hours immersed in episodes of Rhythm Roulette and Against the Clock and descending deep into alt-rap YouTube rabbit holes. A revisit of DJ Grand Wizard Theodore's 1970s punk-infused New York City rap masterpiece 'Subway Theme' served as a spiritual moodboard for the album's cross-pollination of urban and counter-culture styles. Across the seamlessly flowing set, including spoken vignettes and ambient instrumental segues, the band pay respect to a sprawling lineage of rap and punk iconoclasts from DJ Premier, DJ Screw and Dead Boys to Lukah, Griselda and Dïat - chopping and screwing beats on a dusty SP-404 and a Sequential Circuits Tempest, building imagined sample libraries from scratch.
A1 Everybody Shatter
A2 Irreversible Damage
A3 73%
A4 Cleanse Your Guilt Here
A5 As It Resounds
B1 Bite Back
B2 Out Of Style Tragedy
B3 Comment #2
B4 A Good Man
C1 I Can't Stand It!
C2 All You See Is...
C3 Green Iris
C4 Born
D1 Cold World
D2 Something Wrong
D3 An Echophonic Soul
D4 Momentary
A1 Everybody Shatter
A2 Irreversible Damage
A3 73%
A4 Cleanse Your Guilt Here
A5 As It Resounds
B1 Bite Back
B2 Out Of Style Tragedy
B3 Comment #2
B4 A Good Man
C1 I Can't Stand It!
C2 All You See Is...
C3 Green Iris
C4 Born
D1 Cold World
D2 Something Wrong
D3 An Echophonic Soul
D4 Momentary