Clothing — the duo of Aakaash Israni (Dawn of Midi) and Ben Sterling (Cookies, Mobius Band) — release a new single/video “Paper Money (feat. Elliott Skinner)” from their forthcoming debut album, From Memory, out July 26th. Following the lead single “Still Point (feat. L’Rain)” and the previously released “Kingdom (feat. Amber Coffman),” “Paper Money” is a slice of wobbly, futuristic funk built on galloping sub-bass and Elliott Skinner’s expressive vocals. The song seems to expand and contract, the beat pushing and pulling on itself like a rhythmic rubber band while Skinner moans “I guess I’m passing through / Like a branch bending on the breeze.”

“A lot of our songs secretly have more than one pulse going at once. ‘Paper Money’ is the only song that shifts gears between them so clearly,” comments Sterling. As a result, the slowed-down chorus feels like it’s practically floating in the wake of the verse’s barreling momentum.

The duo somehow produced over 200 versions of “Paper Money” — all for a song made mostly of just bass and vocals. They grew desperate, taking months off at a time in order to “listen fresh,” hoping to gain a fleeting perspective on the song. Ultimately, Clothing ended up returning to one of their earliest ideas, 190ish saves ago, an outcome “anyone besides us could’ve seen coming from a mile away,” says Israni.

On Skinner’s contribution, the band says “Elliott brought a ton of magic to the vocals. He sent endless stacks of incredible harmonies. We could barely fit half of them into the song, but what remains is glorious.”