Clipping. - There Existed An Addiction To Blood

As the science-fiction visionary Octavia Butler once declared, "There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns." Clipping. embodies this spirit of infinite innovation, operating as flash-fiction genre masters in a hip-hop landscape dominated by memoir. The mid-city Los Angeles trio—comprised of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes—has spent years terraforming a unique sonic space built on conceptual labyrinths and industrial chaos.

With their third album for Sub Pop, There Existed an Addiction to Blood, Clipping. turns their singular lens toward horrorcore. This is their cold, meticulous interpretation of the mid-90s sub-genre, stripping away the camp and replacing it with genuine dread. It is a mutant emanation of the future, built at odd angles atop a hallowed foundation of the past, delivering a visceral experience that is as intellectually demanding as it is sonically punishing.