ELUCID announces new album ‘I Guess U Had To Be There’ with Sebb Bash, shares “First Light”

Just a couple months the release of Armand Hammer & The Alchemist’s new album Mercy, Armand Hammer member ELUCID has announced his next solo album, I Guess U Had To Be There, due March 13 via Backwoodz Studioz (pre-order). The whole album is a collaboration with Swiss producer Sebb Bash, and it features a song with ELUCID’s Armand Hammer partner billy woods, as well as appearances from Breezly Brewin, Estee Nack, MATTIE, and Shabaka Hutchings.

The first single is “First Light,” which features MATTIE, and it’s a great example of ELUCID’s sinister, far-out approach to rap music. It comes with a video directed by Joseph Mault, and you can check that out below.

ELUCID has a few solo shows coming up in February with DJ Haram, including a hometown NYC show on February 7 at Night Club 101 and a Long Island show on February 10 at Daily Op.

Armand Hammer are also touring this year. All dates for both ELUCID and Armand Hammer are listed below.

Tracklist
First Light
Cantata
Hands n Feet (feat. Estee Nack)
Make Me Wise
Coonspeak
Equiano (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
The Lorax (feat. billy woods)
Fainting Goats (feat. Breeze Brewin)
I Say Self
Visitation Place
Alive Herbals
Parental Advisory

ELUCID — 2026 Tour Dates
2/4 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry^
2/5 – Chicago, IL @ Subterannean^
2/6 – Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch^
2/7 – New York, NY @ Nightclub 101^
2/10 – East Hampton, NY @ Daily Op^

^ = w/ DJ Haram

Armand Hammer — 2026 Tour Dates
3/10 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
3/11 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
3/12 – Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
3/13 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
3/14 – Leeds, UK @ Project House
3/16 – Cardiff, UK @ The Globe
3/17 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
3/19 – London, UK @ Scala
3/21 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
3/23 – Amsterdam, NE @ Tolhuistuin
3/24 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
3/25 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
3/26 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
4/24 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
4/25 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
4/27 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
4/28 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
5/1 – Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
9/22 – Portland, ME @ Oxbow Blending & Bottling
9/23 – Somerville, MA @ Cafe at the Somerville Armory
9/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
9/27 – Washington DC @ Union Stage
10/6 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
10/7 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/9 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
10/10 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/12 – Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
10/13 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
11/4 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11/5 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Highland Park
11/8 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/13 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater