After a seven-year break from releasing albums, the Blow have returned mightily. Portland pair Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne will release The Blow on October 1 via Kanine Records, and what we’ve heard thus far implies it’s deserving of the eponymous treatment. At the top of August, “Make It Up” found Maricich “still cooing clever observations about romance over fidgety synths that aspire toward homemade Top 40,” as we put it. Now we’ve got a second entry to consider: “From the Future,” which finds our heroine fearing the march of time, and considering heeding the imaginary words of the moon. The chorus, in fact, is attributed to the moon herself: “Stay up all night, day is fake and you know I’m right / It shoots all that excessive light and just distracts us from the facts: / We’re floating in a vast expanse of black,” La Luna sings, voiced by Maricich. Despite the darkness, the stuttering beat implies we’ve arrived at a positive place. Stay up with the Blow below.
