Oneohtrix Point Never, the project of producer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Daniel Lopatin, has announced a new album, Tranquilizer, out on November 17th via Warp Records. He’s also revealed three new songs: “For Residue,” “Bumpy,” and “Lifeworld.”
For his 11th album, Lopatin took inspiration from discovering that a large slate of ’90s-era sample CDs had disappeared from the Internet Archive; he took it upon himself to salvage, recreate, and re-contextualize these sounds, commenting on the past and the future at once. Speaking about Tranquilizer, Lopatin said in a press release, “It’s a record shaped by commercial audio construction kits from a bygone era — an index of cliches turned inside out. It is a return to a process-oriented form of music making for me that I felt best evoked a certain kind of madness and ennui in the heart of culture today.”
As a preview for Tranquilizer, Oneohtrix Point Never has revealed not one, but three singles. “Lifeworld” arrives with a trippy music video featuring a collage of short clips that evoke both nostalgia and existentialism; “For Residue” features an ominous, percussion-less soundscape that is equally jarring as it is comforting; and “Bumpy” brings lush synths, chimes, and other ethereal notes to its dream-like composition. Stream all three tracks below.
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Tranquilizer is set to arrive digitally on November 17th and physically on November 21st. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing. Since revealing his 2023 album Again, Lopatin has kept busy; he served as the executive producer of the score for Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s Showtime series The Curse, worked on a handful of tracks on The Weeknd’s 2025 album Hurry Up Tomorrow, and most recently, composed the score for Josh Safdie’s upcoming film Marty Supreme.
Revisit our 2019 Composer of the Year interview with Lopatin, where he discussed his acclaimed scoring work on the film Uncut Gems, his philosophy and approach to composition, and more.
Tranquilizer Album Artwork:
Tranquilizer Tracklist:
01. For Residue
02. Bumpy
03. Lifeworld
04. Measuring Ruins
05. Modern Lust
06. Fear of Symmetry
07. Vestigel
08. Cherry Blue
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