Clothing – the duo of Aakaash Israni (Dawn of Midi) and Ben Sterling (Cookies, Mobius Band) – have shared a new single, ‘Paper Money’, featuring Elliott Skinner. It’s taken from their upcoming debut album, From Memory, which is out July 26 and features earlier singles ‘Still Point’ (featuring L’Rain), ‘Kingdom’ (with Amber Coffman), and ‘Modern Interiors’ (featuring Anna Wise’). Check out the track’s animated video, directed by Shira Inbar, below.
“A lot of our songs secretly have more than one pulse going at once,” Sterling commented in a statement. “‘Paper Money’ is the only song that shifts gears between them so clearly.”
The duo produced over 200 versions of ‘Paper Money’, which is mostly composed of just bass and vocals. They ended up returning to one of their earliest ideas, an outcome “anyone besides us could’ve seen coming from a mile away,” Israni said.
“Elliott brought a ton of magic to the vocals,” the band added. “He sent endless stacks of incredible harmonies. We could barely fit half of them into the song, but what remains is glorious.”