The song was recorded during Morphine’s 1998 sessions with producers Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade, and features Sandman on vocals and two-string slide bass alongside drummer Jay Hilt. Nearly three decades later, Dana Colley returned to the recording to add new saxophone parts. “Spaceman Charm” arrives with a lyric visualiser that animates one of Sandman’s original watercolour paintings. Check it out below.

is drawn from recordings Morphine made in 1998. The material was set aside as Sandman moved toward a different vision for , their 2000 final album, leaving these recordings largely untouched for more than 25 years. The eight-song album features Sandman incorporating piano, organ, and acoustic guitar, and working with a new group of longtime friends and collaborators in his home studio.

The album is accompanied by previously unseen artwork and photography by Sandman, including its cover image, a photograph he took of Hrechdakian’s reflection in a train window en route to Antwerp in 1998. also features liner notes from poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib.

To mark the release, the Mark Sandman estate and Partisan Records are hosting an exhibition of artifacts from his archive, including a sampling of watercolours, photographs, lyrics, and musings. The collection will be on display from 4–6 December at Fridman Gallery in NYC.