Simian Mobile Disco’s Jas Shaw has announced a new album of over twenty tracks of unreleased solo material called The Exquisite Cops. Though the project doesn’t yet have a release date, Shaw will be sharing two new tracks every two weeks leading up to its drop. Listen to the LP’s first tracks “Science and Luck” and “I Dream of Meanie” below.
In early 2018, he was diagnosed with a rare bone marrow cell condition called AL amyloidosis. He recorded The Exquisite Cops while treating the condition with chemotherapy.
“When I got ill last year with a condition that’s managed with science but whose trajectory seems to be largely defined by luck this, this idea took on a new layer of meaning for me,” Shaw said in a statement about “Science and Luck.” “So, perhaps it’s fitting that the track that got lumped with this name is the first out of the folder of tunes that have largely been done while receiving science, hoping for luck, and daydreaming of clubs but not getting to go into them.”
Last year, Shaw and Gold Panda shared their debut joint album On Reflection. He also dropped Murmurations with Simian Mobile Disco.
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