Wye Oak, the duo composed of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, announce Every Day Like the Last, a collection of brand-new songs and previously released singles, out June 23 via Merge Records, that finds the band staking out new territory. Every Day Like the Last is now available for pre-order on CD, LP, and black and natural swirl Peak Vinyl in the Merge store!

The nine songs on Every Day Like the Last came from a period where Wye Oak were in flux after a decade-plus of steadily releasing albums and touring. Sonically, the collection represents Wasner and Stack getting back to basics. Balancing the organic and the artificial, using electronics and programming to add new textures. 

Today, Wye Oak share a visualizer for “Every Day Like the Last,” one of three brand-new songs on the record. Listen to and share the track now!

“This song is about the sacrifices we make for love, companionship, and community,” the band explains. “Human beings are messy, and yet—we need each other. The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. But for all of us, and especially for those of us whose formative relationships were not so simple—alone can feel like the safest place to be. This song is about learning how to relax into imperfection, release the impulse to control, and accept the reality that life is brief and always ending, so we might as well have some company.”

For more than 15 years, Wye Oak have offered comfort to their listeners in the form of warm, expressive music that has showcased their ever-growing maturity as players and people. Every Day Like the Last captures them at a moment when they realized the strength of the bonds they’ve forged—and even though they aren’t sure where their individual and collective journeys will take them next, these nine songs act as a signal that figuring things out along the way can result in beauty.