The Jazz June Just Dropped A Song From Their First Album In 12 Years

I wanted to make a post-ironic ’90s kids joke here, but I’ll save us both the time and just inform you that emo greats The Jazz June, whom haven’t put out a new record in 12 years, have just premiered the first single from their new record, entitled After the Earthquake.

The album is slated for a November 11 release date via Topshelf Records. It was produced by Evan Weiss, the man behind Into It. Over It. Andrew Low, the band’s frontman, said this about the track, called “edge of space”:

[The track] is loosely based on the story of Felix Baumgartner, who broke the record for skydiving 25 miles from space. It is also involves his medical director Dr. Jonathan Clark, whose astronaut wife Laurel was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Colombia, and who has since dedicated his life to improving astronauts’ chances of surviving a high-altitude disasters. It is a song about loss and moving on, and learning through that process that you actually miss the person more as time goes on, but you find your own way to cope.

This ties into one of the main themes of After the Earthquake: How do you move on after a life-altering event, or a new phase of life? Sometimes it feels like you have woken up on another planet. This can be a good thing, but how do we act in this new chapter? I’m still trying to figure it out.

You can hear the song below or here, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Pre-order the record here.

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