Last week, Little Dragon released a new song, "Sway Daisy," which, alongside last fall's Faith Evans-featuring "Peace Of Mind," constituted the first material we've heard from the Gothenburg pop band since Season High. Today, the group has revealed that "Sway Daisy" is part of a 12" that, naturally, features another new track.
That new track is called "Best Friends," and it's a wistful and nostalgic synth slide about a connection that dissipates with time. Yukimi Nagano recounts a childhood friend who she felt so close to and even kept in touch with after they moved -- "When you moved away, we would write letters/ Sweden to Japan," she sings -- but as with most childhood friends, eventually they lost the thread. "Five years past, too bad our friendship did not last/ We'll never be quite the same, no, never feel quite the same." The song aches with a yearning to rediscover that confidant, with Nagano imagining that they'll meet up one day. But the song ends ambiguously, that hope still a burning ember.
Listen below.
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The "Best Friends" / "Sway Daisy" 12" is available to pre-order.
