Hemlock Ernst, the rap project of Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring, has teamed up with Icky Reels for a new album called Studying Absence, which will be released via Beans of Anti-Pop Consortium’s Tygr Rawwk Rcrds. The project’s first single is “Raised in the South,” a percussion-heavy cut that showcases Herring’s unimpeachable chops on the mic.
Regarding the new project, Herring said: “With Hemlock Ernst, I tend to work over soul and jazz break type beats. Icky Reels’ production was a far more industrial and acidic landscape. I knew this would be more of a cerebral process, breaking down the beats, challenging the rhythms, finding the voices. But I decided to accept the challenge.”
Listen to “Raised in the South” below, and read more about Hemlock Ernst’s backstory here.
