Released on Thrill Jockey in 2025, The Film (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a genre-defying collaboration between experimental metal outfit SUMAC and poet and musician Moor Mother (Camae Ayewa). Recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle and mixed at Antisleep Audio in Oakland, the album pairs SUMAC's crushing, free-form doom with Moor Mother's unflinching poetic diatribes, resulting in what critics have called "a harrowing listen" that draws comparisons to death metal, drone acts like Sunn O))), and the bleak post-rock of Slint.
Praised by Mojo for its "minimal yet complex, heavy but refined" sound and described by Exclaim! as "a genre-defying work," The Film tackles themes of surveillance, atrocity, and societal complicity with rare intensity and purpose. Moor Mother's scathing, repetition-driven poetry locks into SUMAC's seismic arrangements to create something that feels genuinely urgent — the kind of collaborative record that pushes both artists into bold new territory and demands to be heard.
- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre: Hip-Hop, Rock
- Release Date: 04/25/2025
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TRACKS
A1. Scene 1
A2. Scene 2: The Run
B1. Hard Truth
B2. Scene 3
B3. Scene 4
C1. Camera
C2. The Truth Is Out There
D1. Scene 5: Breathing Fire
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