{"id":83511,"date":"2025-12-10T23:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=83511"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:30:21","slug":"armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist &#8211; Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mercy is a fever dream. Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist make it impossible to look away.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Armand Hammer and The Alchemist have returned to remind us that reality is best served slow-cooked, unsettling, and with a whisper of danger curling around the rim. If&nbsp;Haram&nbsp;was the duo\u2019s first orbital station \u2014 lush, murky, and dripping with cosmic condensation \u2014 then&nbsp;Mercy&nbsp;is the scorched planet below. A world stitched together from blood, empire, kids cackling at something they probably shouldn\u2019t have seen, and a constellation of unpaid parking tickets forming a kind of bureaucratic Big Dipper. You know\u2026 relatable stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=522111247\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=364447775\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\">Mercy by Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=522111247\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3484854191\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\">Mercy by Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=522111247\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1497411754\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\">Mercy by Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>ELUCID and billy woods sound like they\u2019ve been living inside this place for years, filing field notes by candlelight while the roof leaks metaphors. The guest list is a motley crew of specialists: Earl Sweatshirt skulking in like a philosopher who missed his tram; Quelle Chris passing through with surrealist precision; Cleo Reed shading the corners; Pink Siifu warping the temperature; Kapwani and Silka adding doses of spectral presence. Meanwhile, The Alchemist is behind the curtain, building the entire ecosystem brick by brick \u2014 every thump, hiss, bell, and shadow. He\u2019s the urban planner of their shared apocalypse, basically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-orange-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"ad8869\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ad8869;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"83515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/a0965573993_10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist - Mercy - Sodwee.com\" class=\"wp-image-83515 size-full not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=940%2C940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=690%2C690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a0965573993_10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; white-space: normal;\">&#8220;Mercy,&#8221; out now on BackwoodzStudioz<\/span>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy \/ Stream album<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercy&nbsp;isn\u2019t here to soothe. It&nbsp;presses&nbsp;gently, like someone checking for a bruise they already know is there. But damn if it doesn\u2019t feel good. It\u2019s the kind of album where every listen unlocks a fresh corridor, one that was definitely not there last time, and which may or may not contain a trapdoor. And yet, as always with Armand Hammer, there\u2019s beauty in the rubble \u2014 wiry, wary, weird, and wonderfully alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercy&nbsp;is a world you won\u2019t want to live in, but you\u2019ll absolutely want to visit again. Just keep your wits about you and your secrets tucked somewhere safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"7a655e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7a655e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"83522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/armand-hammer-wbdts-press-photos-alexander-richter-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1728&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1728\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1673979330&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Alexander Richter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?fit=640%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-id=\"83522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21.jpeg?resize=640%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist - Mercy - Sodwee.com\" class=\"wp-image-83522 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=940%2C634&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=690%2C466&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1037&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1382&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=640%2C432&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=960%2C648&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=3072%2C2073&amp;ssl=1 3072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C405&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=1280%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1296&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=1380%2C931&amp;ssl=1 1380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?resize=1880%2C1269&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-21-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Alexander Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4f4643\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4f4643;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"83514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/0033459421_10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Alexander Richter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-id=\"83514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist - Mercy - Sodwee.com\" class=\"wp-image-83514 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=940%2C940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=690%2C690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0033459421_10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Alexander Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"7a5f57\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7a5f57;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"867\" data-attachment-id=\"83521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/armand-hammer-wbdts-press-photos-alexander-richter-4-scaled\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?fit=1890%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1890,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Alexander Richter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-id=\"83521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C867&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist - Mercy - Sodwee.com\" class=\"wp-image-83521 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=940%2C1273&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=690%2C935&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C406&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1134%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1512%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C867&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=960%2C1300&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C813&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1280%2C1734&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1380%2C1869&amp;ssl=1 1380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1880%2C2546&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-4-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1890&amp;ssl=1 1890w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Alexander Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"887469\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #887469;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"867\" data-attachment-id=\"83520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\/armand-hammer-wbdts-press-photos-alexander-richter-1-scaled\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?fit=1890%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1890,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Armand Hammer &amp;#038; The Alchemist &amp;#8211; Mercy &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Alexander Richter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-id=\"83520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C867&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Armand Hammer &amp; The Alchemist - Mercy - Sodwee.com\" class=\"wp-image-83520 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=940%2C1273&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=690%2C935&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C406&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1134%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1512%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C867&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=960%2C1300&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C813&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1280%2C1734&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1380%2C1869&amp;ssl=1 1380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?resize=1880%2C2546&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Armand-Hammer-WBDTS-Press-Photos-Alexander-Richter-1-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1890&amp;ssl=1 1890w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Alexander Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics_ Glue Traps (feat. Quelle Chris)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">[Intro: billy woods]<br>For a sip of cold water<br>Do it all over<br><br>[Verse 1: billy woods]<br>Real money's whatever's in your pockets when you're broke<br>'Cause for that last twelve twenty-five, dog, you don't even wanna know (You don't)<br>Prize fighter, past my prime, so it's gon' go how it go<br>No dives, though, this deep water, can't just hop out the boat<br>Haram on the shirt, damn right I want that pig smoked<br>If it's good work, only need a couple tokes<br>Recidivist, never gave up hope that we could move that dope<br>Hold up, let me pull your coat<br>What profit a man to gain the whole world if he don't have time to gloat?<br>All-whit\u0435 crowd? I laugh at life's little jokes<br>Som\u0435 of y'all never got up at the crack of dawn to go to work for the low and it shows (Good for you, though)<br>It's hard to get out of bed when there's glue traps behind the stove<br>Bulldozers in the olive grove, soldiers switching to civilian clothes<br>Every story tell a story that's already been told<br>Everything's dead and gone, we only had the name of the road<br><br>[Verse 2: E L U C I D]<br>Stretch a little, take a little more<br>Stretch a little, take a little more<br>Down today, with a little subtle mourning<br>Getting over, everything half price what he told her<br>Shopping cart rolled in, loaded down<br>Meat man pulling up in the lady barber<br>3 Suns on Fulton, beef, pork, chicken, shrimp<br>Work is work, he smirked, said it only gets harder<br>Hardest working for your people, it be your own, send my regards<br>Keep your garbage out our garden<br>I scrub concrete with bleach water in kitchen whites<br>Wash my hands a thousand times a shift<br>Flip what's hid behind the pipes, it's only right<br>Name a price, body, mind, spirit<br>Feel it in your warmest void, behind and under<br>Tweed and Corduroy, looping moving pictures<br>Chicken backs and gizzards<br>Crack your skeleton, it's Baby New Year<br>Cross-town traffic, hop out on Gates and Green<br>Black derby, not Nate Dogg with the pinstripe, step light<br>Bay rum in the air, there's a word for that<br>I'ma yearn it back, there's a word for this<br>(Stretch a little, take a little more) No tickets at the door<br>(Stretch a little, take a little more) No tickets at the door<br>Down today<br><br>[Verse 3: Quelle Chris]<br>I did it, mama, I did it, pops<br>Your boy done hung his hat a billion spots<br>Rolling stone, moss don't touch me like soap on white folks' legs when they wash<br>Or a colored Kente cloth<br>Your subgenre's da Vinci-core<br>These thoughts sound like pumpkin spice for D-boys<br>Stress got me at a high smoking point, I'm like grapeseed oil<br>Turning soil, left it caked in dirt, learnt I'm way too loyal, way too cool<br>Gotta strip layers like working through nursing school<br>Second coming of nice, rebirth of cool<br>We hula hoop with the ring of fire these guys are jumping through, nothing new<br>Tears shed for the buuck in neutral<br>Zig, zag, ziggy, business as usual<br>Gang runs on numbers and liars, plug is for hire<br>Old bucks tryna get back on the track and youngins to buy up<br>Plus most of these Yakubian products making dollars in the industry are simply DEI hires<br>If we keeping it funky, keep it a buck<br><br>[Outro]<br>What I expected him to be actually, was to be a militant<br>In, in the line of Malcolm X, or, um, Martin Luther King, or, um, uh, Garvey<br>And he was none of these things, he was simply a quiet, very conservative intellectual<br>And he fit in very well, he got along very well with everybody there<br>Um, I never quite understood why I was having problems<br>Why are you smoking dope, why is, um, uh, all this discontented blah-blah?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default\">Passport_<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sodwee wp-block-embed-sodwee\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vihdYfVxh5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/boylife-dio\/\">Boylife &#8211; Dio<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Boylife &#8211; Dio&#8221; &#8212; Sodwee\" 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src=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/pa-salieu-epihany-freestyle\/embed\/#?secret=JlpeE2ArgX#?secret=DuL61K3OwF\" data-secret=\"DuL61K3OwF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/71RjBvPDD4U19ZeMermdUi?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow_<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Armand Hammer<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/backwoodzstudioz.com\/collections\/armand-hammer-the-alchemist-mercy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@armandhammernyc\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/armandhammer.bandcamp.com\/album\/mercy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3SCI7sXHUZIeDKMWC5NT9C?si=Ukau4dtYTgCUZmJrRGu58A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/armandhammernyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/armandhammer-music\/tracks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cnvs-block-core-columns-1770163844099 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-e-9-ecef-border-color 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