Imaad Wasif has released his seventh album, ‘Superconsciousness,’ out today via his own Voidist Records imprint. The record arrives accompanied by a new video for “We Are Hunters,” premiering via FLOOD Magazine, and a release show set for Sunday, March 22, featuring special guests Lael Neale, Chalk Teeth, and Devendra Banhart on DJ duties.
The album carries real weight behind it. Wasif was displaced by the 2025 Altadena wildfire while already navigating significant personal upheaval, and ‘Superconsciousness’ was completed through all of it. “My soul is this album, there for the taking,” he says. “It embodies my hope, my pain, and shines a light on my many contradictions.” Produced by Lewis Pesacov and mixed by Derek Coburn, the record blends goth-folk, Indian ragas, minimalism, and post-punk into something that feels both meticulously composed and genuinely alive.
The collaborators Wasif assembled are well matched to the material. Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Garrett Ray of Vampire Weekend, Heather McIntosh of Neutral Milk Hotel, and Dylan Fujioka of Meatbodies all contribute, lending the album a depth that extends well beyond a solo record. FLOOD calls it “a multidimensional exploration of sounds,” while Bearded Gentlemen Music describes it as “an essential transmission for the disillusioned.” KCRW captured the current single perfectly: “‘We Are Hunters’ begins as a raga meditation and unravels into something far more feral, part Sonic Youth haze, part spiritual excavation.”
Earlier single “Believe” anchors the album’s emotional core, a fragile, piano-led elegy that opens into fuzzed-out intensity. American Pancake called it “a forever song,” noting its hymnal quality and classical beauty. Taken together, the ten tracks on ‘Superconsciousness’ form a record that Wasif describes as being about transmuting darkness, not ignoring it, but pushing through it toward something with positive force.
Wasif’s career spans collaborations with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lou Barlow, and Karen O, whose songs he co-wrote for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. ‘Superconsciousness’ is his most personal and fully realized work yet.
‘Superconsciousness’ Tracklisting:
- Believe
- The Rainbow
- We Are Hunters
- Dark Lord
- Echoing
- Looking Through My Skull
- Weightless
- Body and Soul
- Shielded
- Over New Land
Record Release Show:
Sunday, March 22, 2026 — with Lael Neale, Chalk Teeth, and Devendra Banhart (DJ)