Brooklyn art punk group Gustaf have unveiled another song from their upcoming album Audio Drag For Ego Slobs today.

The song “The Motions” comes with a music video directed by Araque Blanco, which can be seen below. When it comes to the new song, vocalist Lydia Gammill said this:

"I always envisioned "The Motions" as our ‘walking around New York City’ song. The cadence is great for trudging across a bridge or taking the subway.

The song is about snapping between the perspective of your chaotic inner narrative while following the precut path of the world around you. Like when you’re strutting down the sidewalk to a song and your headphones slip off for a second to reveal the natural soundscape you’d been ignoring, realizing the world you had been wrapped up in is not the one shared by everyone else. Then you see that everyone with headphones is jumping between their own personal world and the reality they’re actually living in. I’ve found that if you walk around New York City without headphones, the streets are surprisingly silent. It’s us that add the cacophony of our own personal soundtracks.

The song shuffles through these different perspectives. The hook (watch, breathe, think, see…) mimics the grounding voice inside the narrator’s head going through their next steps while interiorly they’re barely keeping it together. The first (and only) verse is their inner monologue breaking through as they participate in the slog of getting from one place to another. They’re battling the imprint of another person, blaming them for getting in the way of their progress, their forward motions obstructed by the taunts and memory of someone else. Sort of like a hypothetical fight you have in the shower. Just as the inner mind derails into chaos, the second refrain snaps out to the 3rd person and we are back in the world’s choreography of the mundane. The performance of the habitual, human ants dancing along our track.

When you’re losing control of your inner narrative, the motions are the reminder you tell yourself to keep it together. Sometimes though you just can’t help it and get lost in the personal panic of the na-na-need feed of it all."

Pre-orders for Audio Drag For Ego Slobs can be made here. Gustaf will be touring across North America and Europe supporting IDLES, Pillow Queens, and Osees. Tour dates can be seen below.

Gustaf tour dates

10/1 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor

10/2 - Knoxville, TN - Mill and Mine

10/3 - Cincinatti, OH - MOTR Pub

10/4 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern

10/6 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club

10/7 - Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre #

10/8 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre #

10/9 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall #

10/10 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall #

10/12 - Boston, MA - House of Blues #

10/13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore #

10/15 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #

10/16 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #

10/17 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #

10/18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #

10/20 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel #

10/21 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom #

10/22 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade - Heaven Stage #

10/25 - Austin, TX - Stubb's #

10/26 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater #

10/27 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger #

11/2 - Birmingham, UK - The Sunflower Lounge $

11/3 - Bristol, UK - Rough Trade Bristol $

11/4 - London, UK - The Dome $

11/6 - Brighton, UK - Mutations Festival @ The Green Door Store

11/8 - Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club $

11/9 - Manchester, UK - YES (Pink Room) $

11/10 - Liverpool, UK - Arts Club Loft $

11/11 - London, UK - The Windmill, Brixton

11/13 - Utrecht, NL - Le Guess Who Festival

11/14 - Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City Festival

11/14 - Brussels, BE - Witloof Bar

11/16 - Berlin, DE - Cassiopeia

11/17 - Haldern, DE - Haldern Pop Bar

11/18 - Paris, FR - Les Femmes S'en Melent @ Petit Bain

11/19 - Lille, FR - The Black Lab

11/20 - Luxembourg City, LU - Rotondes Klub

12/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *

12/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *

# - supporting IDLES

$ - supporting Pillow Queens

* - supporting Osees