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“I was just noodling on this guitar and I came up with the basic chord structure for the song, then I started singing a little melody to it, and then Ben, his eyes kind of glazed over with fire, and he grabbed the guitar and he started shredding the part,” said one half of queer punk duo PWR BTTM on writing the band’s newest single, “Dairy Queen,” in an interview.

The band’s playful lyrics about taking success one step at a time, overlaid on an unbearably catchy riff, foretell great things for their forthcoming album, out September 18 on Father/Daughter and Miscreant Records, and provide an excellent companion piece in the meantime for their first (also excellent) single, “Ugly Cherries.” Listen to “Dairy Queen” below, and pre-order the album here.