Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky:
Their Sixth Album Will Be Available Worldwide From Sub Pop On Friday, March 14th, 2025
The Group Shares Intense Official Video For “Change The Channel” And 2025 North American Headlining Tour Dates
Dead Channel Sky is Clipping’s new Cyberpunk and Hip Hop project and the follow-up to the acclaimed Horrorcore Series There Existed an Addiction to Blood and
Visions of Bodies Being Burned
On March 14th, 2025, Sub Pop will release Clipping’s sixth album, Dead Channel Sky, the group’s long-awaited Cyberpunk and Hip Hop project. The album features the previously released tracks “Run It” and “Keep Pushing,” along with the highlights “Welcome Home Warrior (Feat. Aesop Rock),” “Code,” and today’s offering, “Change the Channel.”
Dead Channel Sky also features guest appearances from Nels Cline, Bitpanic, Tia Nomore, and Sub Pop labelmates Cartel Madras, and was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering. Dead Channel Sky follows the release of the group’s acclaimed horrorcore series There Existed an Addiction to Blood (2019) and Visions of Bodies Being Burned (2020), also available from Sub Pop.
In the coming days, Clipping will also share the intense official video for “Change the Channel” directed by Merawi Gerima. Follow their YouTube channel to get notified.
Clipping are also announcing headlining North American tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky, which begins March 14th with a hometown show in Los Angeles at The Echoplex and May 3rd in Sacramento at Goldfield. Clipping will appear at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival on Saturday, March 29th, 2025.
‘Because of their mix of hellified gangster shit and progressive compositions, I once jokingly called Clipping “Deathrow Tull.” Well, it’s not a joke anymore. While their last few projects have been record-long concepts like the classic prog rock of old, Dead Channel Sky is mixtape-like, a carefully curated collection of songs in which every track is a love letter to a possible present. Like a mashup of distinct elements, the overall concept is there, but the result is brief glimpses into a world rather than an overview of it. It sounds crisp and classic at the same time. When something strikes us as retrospective and futuristic at the same time, it’s a reminder of how slipshod our present moment truly is.‘ – Roy Christopher.
