Each goofy pun that Michael Collins has adopted to name his musical projects over the last few years has underscored his fascination with musical narcotism. As Run DMT, Salvia Plath, and Silk Rhodes, the Los Angeles-based songwriter approached his chosen sounds—largely ‘60s rock, soul, and funk—with the warped perspective of a psychedelics enthusiast, melting down the edges, letting everything drift into other realms. The name of his new project Drugdealer suggests similar interests, but the lead single “Suddenly” flips his role in the process a bit, allowing Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering to take the reins on lead vocals.

The chiming pianos, hallucinogenic horns, and even the opening lyrics (“Suddenly/My mind is open”) feel typical of a Collins production. But putting the spotlight on Mering’s capable, slippery voice—instead of his own reedy, earthbound vocals that have filled past works—allows the track the sort of weightlessness he always seemed to be striving for. Other friends like Ariel Pink, the Montreal mutants Sheer Agony, and members of Mac DeMarco’s live band pop up throughout the course of Drugdealer’s debut LP The End of Comedy, but “Suddenly” especially underscores what the name of the project suggests: he’s just as capable at facilitating trips for others as he is at taking his own.