isomonstrosity link with Empress Of and Bryce Dessner on new track "take me back"

"take me back" is the fifth outing from isomonstrosity's self-titled debut album, following last month's Zacari collaboration "watch it burn" and "wake up" featuring Vic Mensa, September's "careful what you wish for" with 65AR and Danny Brown, and August's "i used to" featuring Kacy Hill. The new song is built around a piano excerpt by Bryce Dessner, and features Empress Of.

Ellen Reid says of the single, "This track had a long journey. At first we had Empress Of’s vocal line over a pop track, but I felt like it needed something less conspicuous to evoke the mood we were going for. After a few conversations, we threw the vocal line over Bryce Dessner's hypnotic piano line, and we were immediately excited about this direction."

Johan Lenox adds, "The piano, originally recorded live by ICE Ensemble and then heavily manipulated, has an uncanny feeling. Being both too low and too fast to have ever been played this way by a real person on a real piano."

Dessner says, "At the very start of the pandemic, I had my first sustained break in travel and touring in over 15 years. The request from my friends Johan and Ellen to write music, any music, which would be collaged into this larger isomonstrosity project gave me something to meditate on in that moment of quiet. I wrote several simple little pieces including this piano excerpt. Through processing they've transformed it into something surprising and beautiful to hear the amazing Empress Of on the track."

The group's upcoming album will also feature collaborations with Danny L Harle and Tommy Genesis.