Shabazz Palaces, the art-rap project of producer and musician Ishmael Butler, will release his eighth album this autumn.

The Seatlle-based artist is set to follow-up the mini-albums 'Robed in Rareness' (2023) and 'Exotic Birds of Prey' (2024) with 'It’s a Style Sport' on October 23 via Sub Pop.

Produced with Erik Blood and featuring contributions from guest artists Marquette Miller, Thaddillac, Evan Flory-Barnes, Gerald “Tugboat” Turner, Kassa Overall and Carlos Overall, the album is previewed by the opening track Ahh World (I Won the Alpha Bet), a hazy, minimal arrangement that blends a hypnotic groove with spacey electronics.

Shabazz Palaces currently has just one live date in the diary, a perfomance at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York as part of the Splendor & Misery Fest tomorrow (August 13). 

'It’s a Style Sport' tracklist:

1. Ahh World (I Won the Alpha Bet)
2. Field Notes
3. Show Me Missouri in Mink
4. Jheri Curl Jump
5. Deadstock Dude
6. Tongue in Chic
7. Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M.
8. Olivia According to Touch
9. Money Can’t Save Your Mind
10. From One Future to Another