SAGE FRANCIS...relocked and reloaded. 

After a 4-year hiatus, the indie rap icon is taking his signature style of hip-hop and performance art back on the road to support the June 2014 release of "COPPER GONE" on STRANGE FAMOUS RECORDS. It features beat production from long-time music affiliates BUCK 65, ALIAS, CECIL OTTER, REANIMATOR, and more. 

"VONNEGUT BUSY", the lead single, acts as a stylistic sample dish for what one can expect from the new album, transitioning seamlessly from socio-economic issues to personal politics, all while being punctuated by the project's overall mission statement: "When it seems like you're going through hell...keep going." The reference to Kurt Vonnegut in the title is accompanied by a quote from the satirical writer in one of the song's 3 sub-choruses: "Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, 'it might have been.'" 

released 03 June 2014 

01 PRESSURE COOKER (music by Cecil Otter) 
02 GRACE (music by ALXNDRBRWN) 
03 ID THIEVES (music by James Hancock & Poindexter) 
04 CHEAT CODE (music by Reanimator) 
05 DEAD MAN’S FLOAT (music by Cecil Otter) 
06 OVER UNDER (music by Le Parasite) 
07 MAKE EM PURR (music by Buck 65) 
08 VONNEGUT BUSY (music by Prolyphic, horn by Joshua Trinidad) 
09 THANK YOU (music by Anders Parker) 
10 THE SET UP (music by Alias) 
11 THE PLACE SHE FEARED MOST (music by Reanimator) 
12 ONCE UPON A BLUE MOON (music by Dub Sonata) 
13 SAY UNCLE (music by John Ash) 
14 MAINT REQD (music by Kurtis SP)

Lazy soundcloud rip made with fraps, go buy it on his site if you want a more convenient format.