Introducing Shovel Knight’s Album Of Jazzy Lullabies
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 Problem
05. No Weapons Here
06. Of Devious Machinations
07. The Donor’s Despair
08. The Requiem for Shield Knight
09. A Cool Reception
10. End of Days
11. The Fateful Return
12. The Alchemist’s Haven
13. Waltz for One
14. ALCHEMY
15. Magic Mirror
16. La Danse Macabre
17. Cruise Control
18. Troops, Form Up!
19. Some Blasted Hill
20. A New Dawn
While you can get Prescription For Sleep: Shovel Knight digitally, there is also a CD available that contains two discs of music, four custom die-cut character stickers, a 20-page booklet with interviews and commentary, three Shovel Knight comics by artist Maximo Vitaly Lorenzo, and a cover printed with silver foil. Only a thousand of these will be made, and when they’re gone, they’re outta here.
Prescription For Sleep: Shovel Knight is available now from Scarlet Moon Records.