Beak & Claw

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title: "Beak & Claw" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2012-debut-eps", "sisyphus-(hip-hop-group)-eps", "anticon-eps", "albums-produced-by-sufjan-stevens"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak_&_Claw" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Beak & Claw
type	ep
artist	S / S / S
cover	S S S - Beak & Claw.jpg
alt	A series of orange and purple gradient curves intersecting with the title "BEAK & CLAW" written in white in the middle.
released
genre	Hip hop, electronic, indie pop
length
label	Anticon
next_title	Sisyphus
next_year	2014
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| name = Beak & Claw | type = ep | artist = S / S / S | cover = S S S - Beak & Claw.jpg|border=yes | alt = A series of orange and purple gradient curves intersecting with the title "BEAK & CLAW" written in white in the middle. | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = Hip hop, electronic, indie pop | length = | label = Anticon | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Sisyphus | next_year = 2014 Beak & Claw is the debut EP by Sisyphus (released under the name S / S / S), a collaborative project between Serengeti, Sufjan Stevens, and Son Lux. It was released through Anticon on March 20, 2012.

Critical reception

| MC = 64/100 | rev1 = Beats Per Minute | rev1score = 62/100 | rev2 = Christgau's Consumer Guide | rev2score = A− | rev3 = Consequence of Sound | rev3score = C+ | rev4 = Paste | rev4score = 6.7/10 | rev5 = Pitchfork | rev5score = 4.8/10 | rev6 = Under the Radar | rev6score = At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 64, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Austin Trunick of Under the Radar gave the album 3 out of 10 stars, saying, "Beak & Claw is largely a showcase for Serengeti's ambling, free-association raps, here set to glitchy electro pop, with mostly silly lyrics." He added: "Very little on Beak & Claw seems to fit together, and the artists are a weird match outside the alliteration of their names." Josh Becker of Beats Per Minute gave the EP a 62% rating, saying, "I understand that Beak & Claw is the maiden voyage of an experimental project, but its lack of cohesiveness comes off as a disappointment."

Track listing

| title1 = Museum Day | length1 = 6:03 | title2 = Beyond Any Doubt | length2 = 3:26 | title3 = If This Is Real | note3 = featuring Shara Worden | length3 = 3:56 | title4 = Octomom | note4 = featuring Doseone | length4 = 4:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

S / S / S

• Serengeti – performance
• Sufjan Stevens – performance
• Son Lux – performance

Additional musicians

• Casey Foubert – bass guitar (1)
• James Mcalister – additional drums (1)
• Shara Worden – vocals (3)
• Doseone – vocals (4), additional programming (4)
• Hal Walker – jaw harp (4), harmonica (4)

Technical personnel

• Ryan Lott – mixing
• John McCaig – mastering

References

References

1. "Beak & Claw". [[Anticon]].
2. Hudson, Alex. (February 27, 2012). "Sufjan Stevens Joins Forces with Son Lux and Serengeti for New Project". [[Exclaim!]].
3. "Beak and Claw [EP] by SSS". [[CBS Interactive]].
4. Becker, Josh. (March 26, 2012). "s / s / s - Beak & Claw EP". [[Beats Per Minute (website).
5. Christgau, Robert. "CG: s/s/s". [[Christgau's Consumer Guide]].
6. Fader, Lainna. (March 22, 2012). "s / s / s – Beak & Claw". [[Consequence of Sound]].
7. Reed, Ryan. (March 28, 2012). "s/s/s: Beak & Claw". [[Paste (magazine).
8. Greene, Jayson. (March 23, 2012). "s / s / s: Beak & Claw". [[Pitchfork (website).
9. Trunick, Austin. (April 19, 2012). "s / s / s: Beak & Claw EP". [[Under the Radar (magazine).

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