Arkells just released another song off their upcoming album Blink Once, called “Swing Swing Swing”.

“There’s a tradition in gospel and soul music where you find these transcendent chordal arrangements that make you feel everything at once,” said frontman Max Kerman. “That’s what we were chasing with this song – throw some blistering trumpet in there and we have something that feels very new to us.”

The release of this track comes ahead of their three back-to-back live shows at Budweiser Stage in Toronto this weekend. This will be Arkells’ first set of live in-person shows in 16 months. The new music video and the song itself are a nod to those shows, following a theme of 3s, including the title of the song “Swing Swing Swing”.

“My favourite songs have three key ingredients: they make you wanna 1) sing and 2) dance and 3) have a cry all at once,” says Kerman. “Hopefully each *Swing* in this song can do that for you, and you’ll actively feel all 3 if you’re coming to a show this weekend.”

The full album Blink Once will be released on September 22nd. You can pre-order or pre-save the album now.

To get tickets for their August 15th show in Toronto, click here.