Even if you don’t know Andrew Broder by name, you’re likely familiar with him as a collaborator—he’s got programming and writing credits on the last two Bon Iver records and production work on recent albums by Open Mike Eagle and Armand Hammer, while late last year he revived his early-aughts cult project Hymie’s Basement alongside WHY?’s Yoni Wolf for their first new music in nearly two decades. He’s also had a healthy solo experimental-pop career under the moniker Fog since 2000 alongside a slew of ambient releases under his own name dating back to 2009.
Next month he’ll be releasing the latest collection of songs as Andrew Broder with The Show Original Soundtrack, a recent musical collaboration with Alan Moore on his fantasy film The Show. The collaboration-heavy LP includes serpentwithfeet and Little Dragon among its guests, while the single he’s sharing today reunites rappers Moor Mother and billy woods, who recently traded verses on the full-length LP BRASS. Although slower-burning, the instrumental shares the sense of unease featured across that project, with both rappers feeling equally in their zone across its eerie five-minute runtime.
“Moor Mother and billy woods are two of my favorite writers, rappers, and vocalists,” Broder shares. “I wanted to make a noir, Lynch-style banger. Something like Gravediggaz hanging with Burial. I knew their styles would fit well with the song and album’s themes of waking dreams and predetermined reality. I think Alan Moore would vibe with this.”
Hear the result below, and pre-order the record here.
