Animal Collective released a new song, Defeat, via Domino on July 26. The sprawling 20+ minute track plays like a piece of classical music, with surprising shifts in mood, pacing, and arrangement. Defeat features guest appearances by musicians Samara Lubelski (violin), Leila Bordreuil (cello), and Ben Chapoteau-Katz (saxophone). Listen below. Preorder the 12” vinyl version here.

Austin psych-rock outfit Holy Wave will release a new album called Five of Cups on August 4 via Suicide Squeeze. The 9-track LP follows 2020’s Interloper. See the album’s cover and tracklist below.

Five of Cups

01 Five of Cups
02 Bog Song
03 Chaparral
04 Path of Least Resistance
05 Nothing is Real
06 Hypervigilance
07 The Darkest Timeline (featuring Lorelle Meets the Obsolete)
08 Nothing in the Dark
09 Happier (featuring Estrella del Sol)