Snakes & Ladders: Vinyl LP

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Label: Backwoodz Studioz/Rhymesayers
Release Date: 15th January

Nobody is touching the duo of Armand Hammer aka ELUCID and billy woods in any musical endeavour at the moment. Constantly active and putting out conceptual rap records dense and tangled with themes waiting to be picked at, production that can feel frantic one moment before forming into dusty jazz then industrial and onto hard bop samples and beyond. And with all that 'Snakes & Ladders' may find them hitting that elusive sweetspot of challenging and accessible. 

Snakes & Ladders, the new album from indie rap duo Armand Hammer, was written and recorded in the winter of 2025-’26. Perhaps reflective of our times, it’s a project full of extremes and contradictions: intimacy, compassion, love, and conviction mingle with fear, anger, hopelessness, and violence. With Snakes & Ladders, ELUCID and billy woods delve into the knotty conundrums of our lives, in this country, in this world, and in this moment.
Production credits go to Preservation, clipping, Animoss, Kenny Segal, Sebb Bash, Mekala Sessions, Child Actor, Saint Abdullah & Eomac, Theravada, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik and Steel Tipped Dove.

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