The Shape of Ragtime to Come

by The Entertainers

The Shape of Ragtime to Come cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 July 2026
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:18:32
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as a dense, maximalist conceptual suite, 'The Shape of Ragtime to Come' is a surreal and highly eclectic sound collage. Fusing plunderphonics, musical comedy, and spoken word monologues, the album tackles profound philosophical themes through an absurd lens.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, maximalist, friendship, monologue, narrative, skit, male-vocalist, about-music, leitmotif, parody, sampling, death, progressive, suite, experimental

Tracklist

  1. An Introduction to the Album (05:56)
  2. An Endtroduction to the Tao Pt. 1-7 (08:36)
  3. Dariacore Attempt 1 (02:10)
  4. Tao Te Justin (05:17)
  5. Jeeeeeeeeelly Rooooolllll Intermission (00:54)
  6. I Tricked THREE of My Friends Into Making Tracks for DIFFERENT CONCEPT ALBUMS! (12:27)
  7. Tao Te Chromatrope (06:09)
  8. Chromatrope's Fucked Up Mind (00:28)
  9. Justin's Rendition of Chromatrope's Fucked Up Mind (03:26)
  10. Chromatrope鈥檚 Interpolation of Justin鈥檚 Rendition of Chromatrope鈥檚 Fucked Up Mind (04:38)
  11. April 8th, 2014 10:10pm (01:18)
  12. Justin's Take on Chromatrope鈥檚 Interpolation of Justin鈥檚 Rendition of Chromatrope鈥檚 Fucked Up Mind (01:28)
  13. An Endtroduction to the Tao Pt. 8 (00:03)
  14. Why Ragtime Revival Sucks In '26 (00:51)
  15. June (03:01)
  16. Good Ending (08:27)
  17. Bad Ending (02:24)
  18. Another Entertainer (10:59)

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