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Cover of It’s a Style Sport
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Album · Sub Pop Records · out 2026.10.23

It’s a Style Sport

Shabazz Palaces

XLR rating

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Out of 10 · awaiting a listen by the desk

Press score

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Not collected yet · the reviews we read are linked below

Apple Music ↗Bandcamp ↗YouTube ↗

The player loads only when you press it · Spotify open the artist’s page, not this record · Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube open a search

Tracklist

  1. 01Ahh World (I Won the Alpha Bet)SGR
  2. 02Field NotesSGR
  3. 03Show Me Missouri in MinkSGR
  4. 04Jheri Curl JumpSGR
  5. 05Deadstock DudeSGR
  6. 06Tongue in ChicSGR
  7. 07Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M.SGR
  8. 08Olivia According to TouchSGR
  9. 09Money Can’t Save Your MindSGR
  10. 10From One Future to AnotherSGR

10 tracks, 39 minutes · Titles and lengths from MusicBrainz ↗ (CC0), checked 2026.10.20 · tracks: Skip · Good · On repeat, by the desk, after listening

The desk’s take

Awaiting a listen.

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What the press said

Headlines and short excerpts from the stories we read, each linked to its source · more appear as the press publishes them

Stylesalternative hip hopexperimental hip hophip hop

Style tags: MusicBrainz, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Release data: MusicBrainz ↗, matched from ListenBrainz new releases named in our headlines on 2026.10.20