Good news/bad news for Doomtree lovers: The Twin Cities hip-hop septet issued its first new all-crew track in nearly two years this morning, a jittery electronic romp titled ".38 Airweight," which comes from this summer's recording sessions. However, the group is not calling this the first song off its new record, and in fact the new record isn't entirely finished and thus has no set release date yet.
Posting the song as one of his Tuesdays With Lazerbeak entries at Doomtree.net, producer/beatmaker Lazerbeak described the song as a "leaker." He wrote:
"We've been in the studio making a ton of songs with a new album in mind and are super pumped with how things are turning out. Wanted to drop this leaker track off early while it's still fresh to let people know we're getting back at it."
The track -- available for download via iTunes -- boasts verses from four of the group's five rappers (all but Dessa). P.O.S. starts it off, referencing controversial NYC subway shooter Bernie Goetz. Mike Mictlan comes in towards the end with a whack flurry of evocative lines, including the soda-generation shout-out to "children of the corn syrup."
Introducing the song on 89.3 the Current's morning show today, Sims did spill news at least one other album: His latest solo effort is due to drop in September, he said. More info on that to come, no doubt.
Perhaps we'll hear ".38 Airweight" and a new Sims song or two might be on tap when Doomtree hits the Minnesota State Fair grandstand on Aug. 30 as part of the MN-Music-on-a-Stick concert. That's also the week that the group's limited-edition, 500-page book "Every Single Day" officially lands. It's being sold with a "Best of False Hopes" compilation album.
And lest Dessa lovers feel left out by the new song, she dropped another wowza music video just yesterday for the song "Fighting Fish." You can check it out here.
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