Photo by Chrissy Piper
Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson are not strangers. Dawson appeared on Aesop's 2012 album Skelethon. Aesop made several appearances on Dawson's 2011 album Thunder Thighs. The duo have formed a band: The Uncluded. Their debut album is called Hokey Fright, and it's out May 7 via Rhymesayers. Watch the video for first single "Earthquake" below.
Hokey Fright is 16 tracks long recorded entirely by Aesop and Dawson, though James McNew of Yo La Tengo appears on one track, "Delicate Cycle".
The band name the Uncluded is inspired by Michael Bernard Loggins' book Imaginationally. It means "to keep the things you don't appreciate out of your life," according to a press release. "This record helps to tell the story of two people who are finding therapy through making art together."
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Here's the album cover for Hokey Fright:
Hokey Fright:
01 Kryptonite
02 Delicate Cycle
03 TV on 10
04 Earthquake
05 Organs
06 Superheroes
07 Jambi Cafe
08 Bats
09 Scissorhands
10 Eyeball Soup
11 The Aquarium
12 Teleprompters
13 Alligator
14 WYHUOM
15 Boomerang
16 Tits Up