Minor Victories is the new supergroup featuring Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, Editors’ Justin Lockey, Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, and Hand Held Cine Club’s James Lockey. The pulsating, symphonic post-punk track “A Hundred Ropes” suggested the band would live up to its promise, and second single “Folk Arp” confirms it: This song is absolutely wonderful, and Minor Victories is an album to anticipate breathlessly. It’s a nearly seven-minute symphonic shoegaze ballad that feels like submerging yourself in beauty. Listen below.

Last week the band previewed “Folk Arp” in a short film via The Creators Project. It’s about skateboarding in desolate British towns. Watch below.

Tour dates:

05/03 London, UK @ Village Underground
05/04 Bristol, UK @ Thekla
05/05 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
05/06 Glasgow, UK @ Art School
06/03 Dudingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
06/04 Mannheim, Germany @ Maifeld Derby Festival
06/17 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/19 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
06/20 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
06/21 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
06/22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
06/24 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
06/25 Columbus, OH @ The A&R Bar
06/26 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
06/28 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
06/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
08/05-08/07 Katowice, Poland @ Off Festival
08/07 Sicily, Italy @ Ypsigrock Festival
08/12 St Malo, France @ La Route Du Rock Festival
08/20 Hasselt, Be @ Pukkelpop Festival

Minor Victories is out on 6/3 via Fat Possum. Pre-order it here.