Each Tuesday and Sunday, Taylor rounds up this week’s best new music with the New Music Discovery Show. Here’s one of our favourites.

Arkells ft. Cold War Kids – “Past Life”

SONiC artists Arkells and Cold War Kids have teamed up together for a nostalgic summer jam. On Thursday, the group released their collaboration, “Past Life”. The music video even features SNL‘s Will Forte!

Arkells frontman Max Kerman explained how the song came to be, saying, “Last fall we were in LA working on music and had this driving 80’s song about being present in the moment, and liberating yourself from the past. We wrote the first verse and left the second one open, hoping that Nathan from Cold War Kids might be drawn to the collaboration. Cold War Kids were one of our early influences when we started our band, and we’ve been lucky enough to share the stage with them over the years, and honoured to record this tune with them.”

Arkells will release their upcoming album Blink Twice, the companion album to their latest release Blink Once, later this year. This Sunday, they’re performing at the 2022 Juno Awards alongside Arcade Fire and Avril Lavigne. Catch them at Rogers Place on Saturday, October 29! Get tickets here.

Stream “Past Life” below.

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