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The Derelict Craft is the eighth full-length release from NYC-based rapper, drummer and comedian Schaffer the Darklord. This concept album tells the story of a dissatisfied artist who enlists in a civilian space program for a solo mission to investigate reports of an abandoned extraterrestrial spacecraft floating adrift within our solar system. However, before reaching his destination, he awakens from stasis sleep to the horrifying discovery that his own ship’s engines and communications have failed during the trip. Lost in space, he spends his time facing his mortality, examining the petty conflicts back home that drove him to this mission and slowly losing his mind. Where 2013’s Sick Passenger took a look at depression and addiction, The Derelict Craft explores isolation and one’s anxiety about leaving a legacy.

Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper and comedian with material best-suited for brainy and/or drug-addled audiences. With manic energy, verbose vocabulary and cartoonishly commanding stage presence, STD skewers such topics as hedonistic substance abuse, sexual compulsion, urban anxiety and obsessive cat-enthusiasts.

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