New York duo Drocan have never been interested in playing it safe. Following the jittery digital-jazz collision of 2020’s You’re a Crusher / drocan!, their upcoming LP Posterbook anchors a sprawling sixty-two-track ecosystem where each cut branches into its own dedicated companion EP. That ambition pays off. At the emotional centre of this multimedia world sits PhenomenAlice, an arresting collaboration with vocalist Alice Park that interrogates the bittersweet illusion of permanence.

The cut drifts into focus through warm, detuned synth chords and an airy vocal sigh looping the Korean word “현상” (hyeonsang, meaning phenomenon). Faded memories linger. Park’s intimate verse questions burning yearbooks and the false promises of forever, then swells into a widescreen, half-time chorus drenched in lush dream-pop distortion. Suddenly, the floor vanishes.

Drummer Dan Drohan and multi-instrumentalist Mike Cantor pull the rug with a gritty, leftfield glitch breakdown, letting chopped vocal fragments collide against dry foley clicks and abrupt studio silence before snapping back into a driving trap pocket.

By contrasting anthemic pop grandeur with sudden rhythmic fractures, Drocan turns existential anxiety into an intimate refuge. When Park’s isolated voice hangs over the dying sub-bass, the question of forever remains unresolved.

Stream the premiere of PhenomenAlice, above and dig into the EP below.