Don’t pretend you don’t wanna see it. You think it might be some embarrassing digital 3D mess, don’t you? Or maybe some really dark, lame thing. Or, maybe, a misfired anti-Trump thing, or a robot with ‘LP’ on its metal lapel.

Nope, it’s a rather sweet sun-drenched picture of kids playing in the shallows. It looks epic. Maybe this is their magnum opus.

The first single is named ‘Heavy’ and will be out soon (they keep teasing it online), no news on the album title: ‘Golden Years’, maybe?

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