If it’s been a stressful week, relax and recharge with Shovel Knight. The blue-armored, garden-tool-wielding hero is the subject of the eighth album in the Prescription For Sleep series, a string of soft, lullaby-style renditions of popular video game tunes.
The album spans 19 tracks covering not only the original game but all its DLC including the new King of Cards spinoff. There’s also an original composition, “A New Dawn,” created by jazz band GENTLE LOVE (comprised of Metal Gear Solid and Bayonetta series composer Norihiko Hibino on saxophone and Etrian Odyssey performer AYAKI on piano).
“I’ve been wanting to produce this album for a long time,” says album producer Jayson Napolitano. “With King of Cards due out next week, the time is now, and we’re especially pleased to share our longest album to date with a beautiful physical edition that I personally can’t wait to get my hands on.”
01. Steel Thy Shovel
02. Strike the Earth!
03. High Above the Land
04. An Underlying...
