#Aesop Rock Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch

Aesop Rock has announced his first solo LP in over four years. Spirit World Field Guide is out November 13 via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Ahead of the new album, Aes has shared the Rob Shaw–directed video for lead single “The Gates.” The visual features illustrations by Justin “Coro” Kaufman, as well as live action footage. Check out the clip below and scroll down for Spirit World Field Guide’s cover art and tracklist.

“If you are among the countless individuals who find themselves feeling both dead and alive at the same time, the information contained within may serve as an invaluable asset to your journey,” Aesop Rock said of the 21-track Spirit World Field Guide. “Godspeed and good luck.”

According to a press release, the LP acts as a concept album illustrating a parallel world and its “terrain, wildlife, and social customs.” This alternate world is “rife with hallucinatory images of killer eels, magic spells, and people on the run, peppered among anecdotes, recipes, survival tips, warnings, maps, drawings, and more.”

Aesop Rock’s last solo album was 2016’s The Impossible Kid. The following year, he released a score for the film Bushwick. In 2019, Aesop teamed up with producer Tobacco for their joint LP Malibu Ken. More recently, the rapper created the soundtrack of a new video game called Freedom Finger.

Revisit the interview “Aesop Rock Thinks Social Media Is Kind of Terrifying” over on the Pitch.

Spirit World Field Guide:

01 Hello From the Spirit World

02 The Gates

03 Button Masher

04 Dog at the Door

05 Gauze

06 Pizza Alley

07 Crystal Sword

08 Boot Soup

09 Coveralls

10 Jumping Coffin

11 Holy Waterfall

12 Flies

13 Salt

14 Sleeper Car

15 1 to 10

16 Attaboy

17 Kodokushi

18 Fixed and Dilated

19 Side Quest

20 Marble Cake

21 The Four Winds