Portland, Maine trio Weakened Friends have been around for a couple years now, and in that time they’ve amassed a couple tapes and caught the eye of J Mascis, who played on last year’s one-off “Hate Mail.” That song’s included on their forthcoming debut album, Common Blah, which is being announced today alongside new single “Blue Again.” Both album and song title hint at the sort of internal despair that the band is trying to fight against with their fidgety rock music.

“Blue Again” in particular is about a bad feeling that you can’t seem to get enough of. “Blue/ It’s just a feeling I get with you/ I wanna go there again,” Sonia Sturino sings in a strained yowl. “I’ll know more about you when its over.” The band responds to Sturino’s rearview mirror hopefulness with a chorus that soars and sags in equal measure.

The track comes attached to a video featuring the band playing in a massive old church house with a lot of nooks and crannies to hide away in. They end up putting on lamb masks and black hoodies, which gives them adequate cover to set about destroying the place.

Listen and watch below.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Aches”
02 “Blue Again”
03 “Common Blah”
04 “Early”
05 “Good Friend”
06 “Hate Mail”
07 “Not Doing Good”
08 “Peel”
09 “Waste”
10 “Younger”

TOUR DATES:
08/31 Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse Tavern
09/01 Bar Harbor, ME @ Lompoc
09/13 Syracuse, NY @ Spark Art Space
09/14 Waterbury, VT @ Zenbarn
10/19 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall *
10/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Trans-Pecos *
10/21 Richmond, VA @ The Capital Ale House *
10/24 Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade *
10/25 Asheville, NC @ Fleetwoods *
10/26 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar *
10/27 Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST *
10/30 Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival
10/31 Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
11/02 London, UK @ Line of Best Fit
11/08 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *
11/09 Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx *
11/10 Toronto, ON @ The Monarch *
11/11 Montreal, QB @ Casa del Popolo *
11/14 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showroom *
11/15 Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
11/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Everybody Hits *
11/17 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *
* w/ Nervous Dater

Common Blah is out 10/19 via Don Giovanni Records.