Armand Hammer (billy woods & ELUCID) have announced a tour and shared the first single and video off their upcoming album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, which arrives 9/29 via Fat Possum (pre-order). The single is “Trauma Mic” featuring Pink Siifu. It was produced by DJ Haram, who also stars in the video, which was co-directed by actor Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs). It’s an abstract rap song that’s as hard-hitting as it is surrealist, and the duo says that the song “snowballs, except instead of snow it’s a neodymium magnet cascading down a mountain of discarded pig iron.” Check it out below.

Speaking about the album overall, ELUCID says, “This sort of reverse engineering of talented players who met for the first time in the studio jamming to pre-recorded beats before splintering off into new directions. Being in the room quietly watching 4 people fumble around each other’s sonic worlds before finally locking into a solid groove was a clear and obvious magical moment for me.”

Armand Hammer are doing a free daytime pop-up show at Brooklyn’s Public Records on August 5, and their proper tour includes NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on November 16. Tickets for the tour go on sale Thursday (8/3) at 10 AM local. All dates are listed below.

billy woods also released his Kenny Segal-produced album Maps earlier this year.

Armand Hammer — 2023/2024 Tour Dates
8/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records Nursery Pop Up
10/1 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s
10/6 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
10/8 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/9 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
10/11 – Oakland, CA @ The New Parish
10/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex
10/13 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
10/29 – Austin, TX @ Levitation Festival
11/2 – Manchester, UK @ Canvas
11/4 – London, UK @ Earth Hall
11/5 – Berlin, Germany @ Pitchfork Festival
11/7 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ Palace
11/9 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
11/10 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Rotonde
11/11 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who? Holland Festival
11/14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Tolhuistuin
11/16 – New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
11/18 – Washington D.C. @ Union Stage
11/30 – Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
12/1 – Easthampton, NY @ Daily Operation
1/20 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
1/22 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
1/24 – Detroit, MI @ The Magic Bag
1/25 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
1/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine line
2/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
2/26 – Orlando, FL @ The Social