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Year of the Snitch
Studio album by
Death Grips
ReleasedJune 22, 2018
Recorded2017-2018
StudioSunset Sound Recorders[1]
GenreAlternative hip hop[2], punk-rap[3]
Label
ProducerDeath Grips
Death Grips chronology
Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)
(2017) 		Year of the Snitch
(2018)
Singles from Year of the Snitch
  1. "Streaky"
    Released: May 5, 2018
  2. "Black Paint"
    Released: May 15, 2018
  3. "Flies"
    Released: May 22, 2018
  4. "Hahaha"
    Released: June 7, 2018
  5. "Dilemma"
    Released: June 15, 2018
  6. "Shitshow"
    Released: June 17, 2018

Year of the Snitch is the sixth studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips, released on June 22, 2018, through Third Worlds and Harvest Records.

Background

With the release of Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix), Death Grips announced they were "working on the new Death Grips album".[4] The band has made apparent via social media that they had been working with ambitious collaborators for the creation of the project throughout the promotion of the album, including in-studio collaborations with Australian experimental musician Lucas Abela, New Zealand film director Andrew Adamson and Tool bassist Justin Chancellor.[5][6][7]

The band posted a black and white image of text reading "Year of the Snitch - new album coming soon..." on their official webpage on March 22, 2018. Death Grips shared the album artwork for Year of the Snitch on April 6, 2018.[8][9] The band's imprint label Third Worlds' website was also updated with this information.[10][11][12]

The tracklist for the album was released on April 11, through a video posted to social media and the band's YouTube channel. The video consisted of the track names being sent via SMS to the user of an iPhone through a screen recorder, while short videos played in the foreground. Accompanying the differing ringtones, screamed vocals of the band's frontman MC Ride can be heard, coming from the album's last track, "Disappointed".[13]

Death Grips uploaded a music video for the track "Streaky" on their YouTube channel on May 5, 2018, as the album's first single,[14] followed by the track "Black Paint" on May 15,[15] and the music video for the third album single, "Flies", on May 22.[16]

The band posted a short video to Instagram on May 23, featuring DJ Swamp performing on a turntable in a recording studio, with the caption stating that "the majority of Year of the Snitch features [him]".[17]

The fourth single, "Hahaha", was uploaded by the band to their YouTube page on June 7.[18] That same day, the album's release date was announced as June 22.[19] A music video for the track "Dilemma" featuring Andrew Adamson was uploaded on the Death Grips YouTube channel on June 15.[20] A sixth single, "Shitshow", was uploaded to YouTube two days later.[21] Three days later, on June 20, the official video for "Shitshow" was released. It was directed by Zach Hill and Galen Pehrson. However, the video's explicit nature led to YouTube taking down the video and giving Death Grips' channel a community strike,[22] after which the band re-uploaded the music video to Vimeo. The album was officially released on streaming platforms on June 22, as well as on Death Grips' YouTube.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[23]
Review scores
SourceRating
Highsnobiety[24]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[25]
Rolling Stone[26]
The 40575%[27]
Pitchfork7.3/10[28]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Death Grips Is Online"3:32
2."Flies"2:33
3."Black Paint"3:49
4."Linda's in Custody"3:30
5."The Horn Section"1:32
6."Hahaha"3:35
7."Shitshow"1:45
8."Streaky"2:56
9."Dilemma"3:54
10."Little Richard"2:25
11."The Fear"3:21
12."Outro"1:02
13."Disappointed"3:21
Total length:37:15

Notes

  • "Hahaha" was spelt "Ha Ha Ha" on many publications prior to its release as a single.

Personnel

  • Stefan Burnett – vocals, lyrics
  • Zach Hill – drums, production, vocals, lyrics
  • Andy Morin – keyboards, production, lyrics

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ "Listen to Death Grips' New Song with 'Shrek' Director". Spin. 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ^ "Apple Music - Year of the Snitch". Apple. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  3. ^ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-death-grips-year-of-the-snitch-w521915
  4. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "we're working on the new death grips album. but in the meantime, we made a new track/mix. it's 22 minutes. link in bio"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "Working with Lucas Abela @insta_gramps_abela"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  6. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "Working on the new album with Andrew Adamson"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "Working on the new album with Justin Chancellor"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  8. ^ "Death Grips announce new album 'Year Of The Snitch' - NME". NME. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  9. ^ "Instagram post by Death Grips • Mar 22, 2018 at 3:37pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  10. ^ "Death Grips - Year of the Snitch". 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  11. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "Year of the Snitch album cover"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  12. ^ "Death Grips Reveals Art for New Album Year of the Snitch". Spin. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  13. ^ "Death Grips Reveal New Album Tracklist". Pitchfork. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  14. ^ "Death Grips Share New Song "Streaky"". Stereogum. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  15. ^ "Listen to Death Grips' New Song "Black Paint"". Pitchfork. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  16. ^ "Death Grips Share Video for New Song "Flies": Listen". Pitchfork. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  17. ^ "Death Grips on Instagram: "The majority of "Year of the Snitch" features DJ SWAMP"". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  18. ^ "Listen to Death Grips' New Song "Ha Ha Ha"". Pitchfork. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  19. ^ "Death Grips Set Release Date for 'Year of the Snitch,' Share New Song". Exclaim!. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  20. ^ "Death Grips – Dilemma (ft. Andrew Adamson)". 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  21. ^ "Death Grips - Shitshow". Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  22. ^ https://twitter.com/bbpoltergiest?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
  23. ^ "Year Of The Snitch by Death Grips Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  24. ^ "'Year of the Snitch' Is the Strangest Death Grips Record Yet". Highsnobiety. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  25. ^ "There's beauty amid the chaos of Death Grips' Year of the Snitch". The Line of Best Fit. June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  26. ^ "Review: Death Grips' 'Year of the Snitch' Is a Cyber-Noise-Punk-Rap Disruption". Rolling Stone. June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  27. ^ "Review: Death Grips Aren't Concerned With Appealing to Newcomers on the Deliberately Difficult Yet Undeniably Thrilling Year of the Snitch". The 405. June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  28. ^ "Death Grips Year Of The Snitch". Pitchfork. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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