‘Trauma Mic’ marks the first preview of the duo’s forthcoming album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips.
Armand Hammer have shared a new single produced by DJ Haram and featuring Pink Siifu.
‘Trauma Mic’ serves as the first preview of the lauded New York hip-hop duo’s forthcoming and recently announced sixth album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips. The project will mark the pair’s first release through Fat Possum Records whilst taking in contributions from a noteworthy roll call of collaborators that spans Pink Siifu and DJ Haram, Kenny Segal, Shabaka Hutchings of The Comet Is Coming and Sons Of Kemet fame, Moor Mother, Black Noi$e, JPEGMAFIA, El-P and more.
In succession of the album’s release today Armand Hammer have also announced their plans to embark upon an Autumn/Winter tour of North America and Europe commencing on October 1st that will encompass performances in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Manchester, London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Boston, Toronto, Chicago and more. Elsewhere in advance of the album’s release the duo have revealed plans to host a pop-up party at New York’s Public Records on August 5th that will be free entry on a first come, first served basis boasting live performances, rare merch, giveaways and more.
Armand Hammer state of We Buy Diabetic Test Strips,
“We Buy Diabetic Test Strips is a Midsummer’s night in Brooklyn, the stage busy with Gods old, new, and unborn, the orchestra pit thick with weed smoke. Memories, true and false, tangle like wires. Afrofuturists rewind analog answering machines. Brownstones line empty streets on quiet nights where even outside the Men’s Shelter, they pass cigarettes in silence. Street sweepers rattle the morning, broken hovercrafts sent from the past to do nothing at all. People move out of the building in the morning and move back in at dusk, excited to get settled in their old place. Dropped calls fall into the ether, the cracked mirror in your pocket is past warranty but not to worry, they have already mailed you a replacement.”
Watch an accompanying visual for ‘Trauma Mic’ and find Armand Hammer’s full 2023 tour itinerary below.
We Buy Diabetic Test Strips releases on September 29th via Fat Possum Records. Pre-order the album on grape vinyl here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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