Following recent news of the new Into It. Over It. album being a full analogue recording, the band put out a brand new song, entitled “No EQ.”

Due out on March 11 via Triple Crown, Standards‘ lead single, whose title seems to be a reference to the record’s analogue nature, is a washed-out, lo-fi jam slightly reminiscent of a few tracks from IIOI’s debut full-length, Proper, from 2011.

“Making records previously, for lack of a better way to put it, I’d gotten so up my own ass about what the songs needed to sound like or what musical direction I thought the band needed to go in. I was just so hung up on all this stupid shit,” shares frontman Evan Weiss on the new record’s direction. Standards—the direct follow-up to 2013’s Intersections—was written and recorded in a remote cabin up in Craftsbury, Vermont.

You can now listen to “No EQ” below (via Noisey).

Additionally, the band announced a massive Spring tour in conjunction with the release of Standards. They will be joined by The World Is A Beautiful Place, Pinegrove, and The Sidekicks. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on January 15 at 10AM local time.

Standards album art:

Spring 2016 tour dates:

3/22 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
3/23 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
3/24 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
3/25 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
3/26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
3/28 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
3/29 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater
3/31 – San Fransisco, CA @ Social Hall
4/01 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
4/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
4/03 – San Diego, CA @ The Irenic
4/04 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
4/06 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
4/07 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
4/08 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s
4/09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/10 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
4/12 – Durham, NC @ Motorco
4/13 – Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry
4/18 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar
4/19 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
4/20 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
4/21 – Boston, MA @ Royale
4/22 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
4/23 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
4/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
4/26 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
4/27 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
4/28 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe
4/30 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
5/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock

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