This autumn, Hazelcreak are releasing a new full-length album, Gopher State, and have unveiled the first single, ‘Father Hennepin’, by way of an introduction. Described as “the cross-product of a funeral song and a road trip jam,” the track revolves around the idea of grief as a shared event. It originated from a loved one’s loss of someone close, and paints mourning as a kind of ripple effect, disturbing more than those directly effected.

From Bemidji’s trees on Halloween
Couldn’t force yourself to fall asleep
Stuck at that Dairy Queen
You told me you were scared to leave

Like lavender and Albert’s – the taste it leaves
But having had you is enough for me
Having had you is enough for me

The track comes complete with a short film by Old Neighbor and Nick Richter. Shot at Bear Head Lake State Park in Ely, Minnesota on Kodak Super8 film, the video captures the song’s sense of blue-skied nostalgia, infused with equal parts carefree joy and bittersweet memory.

Gopher State is out on the 1st October.

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