Four years on from the release of Notes With Attachments, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills are back with a new chapter in their ongoing collaboration. The pair have announced the release of That Wasn’t A Dream, a new album challenging the boundaries of what to expect from two of the most inventive minds in contemporary music. Palladino, a Grammy-winning bassist renowned for his work with everyone from D’Angelo and Nine Inch Nails to Erykah Badu and John Mayer, and Mills, the Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with the likes of Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, and Perfume Genius, continue to explore their unique chemistry on this new record. The upcoming That Wasn’t A Dream finds its groove through restraint, as Palladino explains, “It came to light, really, that if we could make something work with the least possible ingredients, space could become the centerpiece.”

The album was recorded over a two-month stretch at Sound City Studios, with contributions from frequent collaborator Sam Gendel. The new instrument experimentation, in particular the fretless baritone sustainer guitar that Mills helped design, also adds a layer of sonic complexity. “The fretless sustainer can sound almost like a cross between a woodwind, brass, and bowed string instrument,” Mills explained. “It’s a tough instrument to control or define.”

Ahead of the album’s release on August 22nd through New Deal / Impulse! Records, Palladino and Mills have shared the lead single ‘Taka’. A kaleidoscopic and funky track featuring Chris Dave on drums, it comes with an accompanying video directed by Justin Daashuur Hopkins, and you can watch it below.