Photo by Sam Ray

Sam Ray almost died, and while dude has always envisioned the many ways of doing so through his music, be it the tumblr noise wonders Teen Suicide, its indie pub-appeasing predecessor American Pleasure Club, or his experimental fuse Ricky Eat Acid, an actual near-death experience brought on by a mysterious illness will change your view. “get high, breathe underwater (#3)″ – the lead single from the return of his Teen Suicide project’s new album, honeybee table at the butterfly feast – absorbs the sensation of drowning, but arguably for the first time, hears Ray decidedly fighting to keep his head above water rather than letting it win. Over a repetition of weight-planked pianos and nautical arrangements adrift, we hear Ray swirling over undercurrents of perpetual nihilism. “I don’t wanna die / I don’t really wanna live this way / It’s all the same,” he sings. While the end is inevitable for us all, he projects Teen Suicide’s resurrection with a new found purpose until that moment comes.

Teen Suicide’s honeybee table at the butterfly feast will be released August 26th on Run for Cover Records.