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| Length = | Label = Third Worlds, Harvest | Producer = Death Grips | Last album = ''Fashion Week'' (2015) | This album = ''The Powers That B'' (2015) | Next album = | Misc = }} ''The Powers That B'' is the fourth studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips. It is a double album. The album's first disc, ''Niggas on the Moon'', was released as a free digital download on June 8, 2014. The first disc's instrumentation was performed entirely on a Roland V-Drum kit by drummer Zach Hill and features chopped vocal samples of Icelandic singer-songwriter, Björk, on every track. The second half, ''Jenny Death'', leaked online on March 19, 2015. It features Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos, and Zach's former high school bandmate, Julian Imsdahl, on guitar and organ respectively. The double album as a whole was officially released via Harvest Records on March 31, 2015. ==Background and release== On January 19, 2014, Zach Hill posted to his Facebook page, stating that the group had begun recording a new album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ZACH HILL )〕 On June 8, 2014, the first disc: ''Niggas on the Moon'', was released as a free download via thirdworlds.net, Death Grips' official website. On June 9, 2014, Björk confirmed her vocal contributions, via various social media outlets. Death Grips officially announced the completion of ''The Powers That B'' via their Facebook page, as well as revealing the album artwork in October.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Death Grips - Timeline Photos - Facebook )〕 On December 9, 2014, Death Grips released a music video for the album's only single, "Inanimate Sensation".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Death Grips - Inanimate Sensation )〕 In antcipation for the album, the band released an instrumental soundtrack, entitled ''Fashion Week'' in January of 2015. The song titles follow as: "Runway J", "Runway E" and so on; acrostically spelling out the phrase "JENNY DEATH WHEN", in reference to the second disc of ''The Powers That B''. On February 13, 2015, Death Grips uploaded a new video to their YouTube channel. It showed the group, rehearsing the following songs: "I Break Mirrors with My Face in the United States", "Inanimate Sensation", "Turned Off", "Why a Bitch Gotta Lie" and "Lock Your Doors". On March 10, 2015, thirty second snippets of each song from Jenny Death leaked onto the internet, via Dutch music retailer Bol.com. On March 11, 2015, the Jenny Death song lengths had also leaked. On March 12, Death Grips released a video to their YouTube channel for the song "On GP", filmed in an echo chamber located in Studio 1, Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. The official music video for "On GP" was released a day later, featuring various magic tricks, from Sacramento magician, Russell Brown. On March 17, the group released the song "The Powers That B" to their YouTube channel, as well as the release date and pre-order links for the album via their Facebook page. The album was leaked onto various filesharing websites and shared to 4chan and Reddit. The band's later streamed the entire album on their Youtube page. The same day, the group announced on their Facebook that they 'might make some more', hinting that they intend to continue making music. On March 24, 2015 Death Grips announced via Facebook that they were going on tour in support of the album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Powers That B」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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