Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - MERCY - VINYL LP

Released 7th November, 2025.

"Intricately Crafted New York Rap at the 'Highest Level of Art'" GQ

Armand Hammer — the group comprised of rappers ELUCID and billy woods — and producer The Alchemist announce Mercy, a new album due out November 7 via Backwoodz Studioz.

Pressed exclusively for Impressed in Melbourne, Australia on heavyweight gold vinyl, with worldwide exclusive cover art, inner, and labels. 

Each record is hand-numbered to 500, and won't be repressed.

Cover art is an exclusive alternative artwork, not available anywhere else. 

Armand Hammer and The Alchemist build worlds. Their first was Haram and it remains locked in orbit, equal parts lush and foreboding. Their new one is called Mercy and it’s made out of blood and empire, children’s laughter, unpaid parking tickets, and unkept secrets. Rappers ELUCID and billy woods are joined on the mic by Earl Sweatshirt, Quelle Chris, Cleo Reed, Pink Siifu, Kapwani, and Silka. The Alchemist did everything else.

For nearly a decade as a duo, and longer still as solo artists, Armand Hammer have left a palpable mark on modern rap and hip-hop. At turns both sharp-witted and soul-crushing, their lyrics unspool threads of socio-political, historical, and philosophical import with a potent blend of incisive critique, gallows humor, and narrative élan.

Mercy is the first Armand Hammer album since 2023's We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, a project that The Observer (UK) described as "an exceptional record that deserves your time and headphones" and The Line Of Best Fit deemed "their headiest and most impressive work thus far." On 2021's Haram, their first with The Alchemist, the duo "drag postcolonial wounds onto the examination table" (Pitchfork). Beats Per Minute called it "a tremendous success."

Earlier this year, billy woods released GOLLIWOG, "“a densely poetic, totally masterful tour de force" (Rolling Stone)  and "one of 2025's truly essential albums" (The FADER). Meanwhile, ELUCID's "enthralling" (MOJO) 2024 album REVELATOR was described by Pitchfork as "soul food for those who know a better world is possible if we're willing to fight for it."

TRACKLIST

Laraaji

Peshawar

Calypso Gene (feat. Silka & Cleo Reed)

Glue Traps (feat. Quelle Chris)

Scandinavia

Nil by Mouth

Dogeared (feat. Kapwani)

Crisis Phone (feat. Pink Siifu)

Moonbow

No Grabba

u know my body

Longjohns (feat. Quelle Chris & Cleo Reed)

California Games (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)

Super Nintendo

Please note - free shipping in Australia.

Released November 7th.

With thanks to our friends at Rhymesayers / Backwoodz.