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- Summary: The debut full-length release from the collaboration between SUMAC and Moor Mother was recorded in Seattle with Scott Evans and features guest appearances by Candice Hoyes, Kyle Kidd, and Sovie.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Metal
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Apr 25, 2025The Film is that rare kind of collaborative effort that sees both parties' voices enhanced into something distinct, marked by careful restraint and caustic volatility. .... The Film is one to be treasured.
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Jun 9, 2025THE FILM is a showcase of intensity: SUMAC ably matches that of Irreversible Entanglements via alternate delivery, while Ayewa’s passion and spoken outbursts meet Aaron Turner’s guttural howl. Looking at the essence of both entities and their respective creative signatures, it’s somehow both remarkable and obvious how natural each of them sound together on this LP.
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Apr 25, 2025With The Film, SUMAC and Moor Mother have taken an unprecedented approach, reexamining Afrofuturism through a deliciously dissonant and catastrophic lens, resulting in one of the year’s most essential listens.
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Apr 22, 2025It’s noisy, it’s militant, it’s human, and it’s a time capsule for the year you’re already burning an effigy of. Get it while it’s hot.
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Apr 23, 2025Despite these four musicians' predilection towards abstraction, The Film is at its most impactful when SUMAC and Moor Mother's most obvious musical building blocks are conjoined.
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MojoApr 22, 2025Some of the most minimal yet complex, heavy but refined music going. [Jun 2025, p.86]
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UncutApr 22, 2025Where Moor Mother's usual free jazz band Irreversible Entanglements give warm instrumental life to poem which are ultimately hopeful for change, Sumac offer grinding feedback symphonies. [May 2025, p.39]