Danny Brown's forthcoming album will be titled Atrocity Exhibition, and yes, it does appear to be named after the Joy Division song. "Atrocity Exhibition" was included on the post-punk band's 1980 sophomore LP Closer, which was released several months after frontman Ian Curtis committed suicide. Brown tweeted the album announcement last night, and today he posted a photo of Curtis' lyrics on Instagram.
Atrocity Exhibition is the title of my next album #Bruisers get ready!!!!!
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Atrocity Exhibition is also the title of an experimental J.G. Ballard novel that was first published in 1970. This marks Brown's first release on the UK mainstay label Warp Records, a partnership that was announced early this summer when Brown dropped his most recent single "When It Rain."
