_photo credit Skylar Carfi_

American Babies have announced that they will release their new album, titled An Epic Battle Between Light and Dark, in March. Today, they have premiered the first track off the record, “Synth Driver,” via Philadelphia’s WXPN The Key.

In the below statement released by Babies frontman Tom Hamilton, the Philly native explains that the track set the “tonal palette” for the entire album, so listen to the track here and expect more of the same when Epic Battle comes out March 18 via Royal Potato Family.

“Synth Driver” was the first song we finished musically, and the last song we finished lyrically. The feel, space, and tonal palette were all exactly what we were looking for, so we used it as the sonic roadmap for the rest of the record. I knew from the get-go that I wanted it to be the song to open the album so once we had the lyrics and subject matter written for all of the other tracks, we were able to circle back and tie a nice bow around it, lyrically. I love this fucking song.