Boston indie-pop band The Q-Tip Bandits dropped their new single “Better Place“ on Friday.

The track, which can be heard below, is the second single from the band’s forthcoming studio album Melancholy Flowers, which will be released on June 10. The band originally performed the track as part of their Tiny Desk Submission back in 2020. Vocalist/bassist Claire Davis said this about the new song:

“The music of 'Better Place' began as a mumbled voice memo of a melody, recorded through tears from behind the wheel waiting in my high school best friend’s driveway. This was a friend that had been through everything with me, we shared everything, did everything together, and there was truly nothing that wasn’t made better by having her by my side. As childhood friendships often do, our relationship drifted as the years went on, separated by distance and time.
Although “Better Place” began as an apology letter, mourning a shift in the fabric of the relationship that once was, it grew into an homage to an incredibly special connection that will always be. In the times that we feel lonely, scared, and isolated, even in a room full of people, having a person there to guide you and walk with you through the dark is worth the whole world. Better Place is about not only finding that someone, but being that someone for someone else, something that I believe we all have the power to be. There is truly no greater feeling in my opinion, than being someone’s better place. The initial inspiration for the lyrics of the song came from The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, and it wasn’t until after the completion of the song that I realized “Better Place” was my own equivalent of a tiny book of tiny stories, with little memories wrapped into each stanza, tiny glimpses into different points in the plot line of a beautiful friendship.”

“Better Place” is available on digital services right now.

The Q-Tip Bandits will have a record release show on June 17 inside Brighton Music Hall. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now.