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The lyric keeps circling without landing: “Say you’re the seasons / I’ve been chasing / I am chasing / I am chasing, chasing, chasing.” Victoria, BC band Blush. have written a song about pursuit that doesn’t know what it’s pursuing, and they’re honest enough to let that ambiguity sit unresolved for three minutes.

“Seasons” is the first single from their forthcoming EP In the Grey, due May 1, and it arrives fully committed to atmosphere over urgency. Airy guitars, laid-back rhythms, a warm lo-fi glow that feels like a room you can’t quite place. The shoegaze influence is audible without being the whole story; the melodic restraint keeps things from drifting into pure texture, and the production by Blush. and Colin Stewart gives the song enough definition to follow without over-explaining itself.

What the lyric does in its plainness is worth noting. “Hold this moment, soak it / I’ll say the same thing, joking / Say you won’t sail for me / Say you want everything.” The requests are contradictory, and the narrator knows it. Wanting someone to want everything is different from wanting them to stay, and the song holds that gap open rather than closing it.

Lead vocalist Anton Wilson has described “Seasons” as a song that reminds him to take a breath and never stop chasing. The track earns both instructions simultaneously, which is harder than it sounds.