Overview
- The duo released the single and Elise Valderrama-directed video “Watching a Movie Called Freedom By Myself” on July 10, marking the latest step in their pre-release rollout.
- The track runs about six minutes and pairs Kenny Segal’s cloudy, hissy production and muted, jazz-inflected drums with Open Mike Eagle’s reflective, allegorical lyrics.
- DOOMED!, a 15-track album the pair say was five years in the making, is scheduled for release on August 14 via Backwoodz with worldwide physical distribution handled by Rhymesayers and Secretly.
- Despite nearly two decades of friendship and occasional work together within Los Angeles’s Project Blowed scene, this is the first full-length record the two have built as a team.
- The record centers on breakup and personal upheaval and so far has drawn praise for its cinematic framing and mood, with some outlets suggesting the singles position DOOMED! as an early album-of-the-year contender.