If this stage in the wintertime has you wishing that you were anywhere but here, maybe take a breath and hold that thought at bay until after you listen to Touch Girl Apple Blossom’s “The Springtime Reminds Me Of…” It’s never just a mere coincidence that the music of our current season is oft filled with darker textures shouldering heavier weight — emo, post-punk, and post-rock flourish during the shortest days — but the the lead single from the Austin jangle-punk band’s forthcoming debut album, Graceful, is sprite indie-pop and a sign of new life to come, naturally eliciting warmer feelings even when it peers back wistfully in ellipses. “The hard part is over / A patch of brand new clover / It’s lucky / What I need / To stop me from doing something I can’t take back,” guitarist and vocalist Olivia Garner sings. We’re not quite out of the cold woods yet, but the feeling is just enough to remind you that you’re alive.

Directed by: James Frank

Touch Girl Apple Blossom’s Graceful will be released May 15th on K Records / Perennial.