New You

Among the batch of tracks on m b v that seemed most unexpected from a band associated with pure noise and texture, this one arrives with something close to a groove. The drum machine or programmed beat has a mechanized, almost dance-floor pulse — there's a propulsiveness here that pushes against the dreamy suspension of earlier work without abandoning it entirely. The guitars retain all the signature shimmer and haze, but they're arranged around a rhythmic spine in a way that suggests movement, forward motion, something like joy operating under heavy sedation. Kevin Shields handles most of the vocals on this one, and his delivery has the quality of someone reporting a feeling from a slight distance, observing his own emotional state with curiosity rather than urgency. The title's promise of renewal comes through not as triumph but as quiet insistence — something changed, something is different now, and the song holds that difference without dramatizing it. It belongs to the morning after something significant, when the light is different and you're not yet sure whether what happened was good or just large. The production is cleaner than the more abrasive tracks around it, which makes it more accessible while still being undeniably, specifically them.