La Luz have revealed their memorable new track, ‘Poppies’. There’s a sense of unique dread throughout this surreal, psychedelic track. Twangy guitar chords shift chromatically beneath layers of Sgt Peppers-esque vocal arrangements and loud 60s bass lines, while folk and doo-wop influences tenderly creep in. Shana Cleveland explains that the track is “about the surreal feeling of going through the horror and isolation of a cancer diagnosis and treatment and then suddenly being out in the bright world again, trying to make sense of it all, feeling like I’m walking through a waking dream, seeing the first wildflowers come out and feeling a similar sense of rebirth.” La Luz are dropping their new album, News Of The Universe, on May 24th, via Sub Pop. -Dan Peeke