Shrines is the new album from Armand Hammer ELUCID and Billy Woods their first since 2018’s AOTY Paraffin. As ever, this release finds the duo treading fresh ground; swimming through rogue rhythms, rhymes skating over the abyss. Fourteen songs. A hundred glassine envelopes in a shoebox. A thousand stops on the train. Fire is stolen, not given. Shrines features contributions from Quelle Chris, Moor Mother, Earl Sweatshirt, Navy Blu, Andrew Broder, Fielded, Messiah Muzik, August Fanon, KeiyaA, Kenny Segal, Nicholas Craven, Akai Solo, Curly Castro, Pink Siifu, Steel Tipped Dove, Fat Albert Einstein, Nosaj and R.A.P. Ferreira. Armand Hammer’s previous album “Paraffin” (2018, Backwoodz Studios) was included on Pitchfork’s “Best Rap Albums of 2018” list, PopMatters placed it at number 65 on the “70 Best Albums of 2018” list, Stereogum placed it at number 4 on the “10 Best Rap Albums of 2018” list, and it was on The A.V. Club’s “Best Hip Hop Albums of 2018” list. Billy Woods released two critically acclaimed albums in 2019: “Hiding Places” and “Terror Management”. “Hiding Places” garnered a ton of accolades including TIME’s “10 Best Albums of 2019”, NPR “25 Best Albums of 2019”, Stereogum “50 Best Albums of 2019”, VICE “100 Best Albums of 2019”.