Until the full vision presents itself in feature-length form, The Film — the forthcoming collaborative project between the always-creatively unpredictable noise-rap poet Moor Mother and experimental metal supergroup SUMAC — probably won’t be something you’ll hear a clear cohesion within leading up to its release at April’s end. Still, its earliest scenes have at the very least piqued anticipation as to what it that cosmic collision between these two polar opposite forces within the heavy music universe are going to sound like. “Scene 4” is an ambiguous piece, structured around Camae Aweya’s hardened socio-political ruminations floating head-on into a stammering, stark dirge from guitarist Aaron Turner, drummer Nick Yacyshyn, and bassist Brian Cook while the ghost of a feeling more compassionate haunts the space left empty by way of guest vocals from the singer Sovie. “Nobody told me / How love was supposed to be / How peace was supposed to be,” Aweya’s words echo against the contrast. As the listen trails off into a vacuum, it has you wondering: are we experiencing all humanity lost to the void?

SUMAC & Moor Mother’s The Film will be released April 25th on Thrill Jockey.