Photo by Ally Schmaling

Cambridge folk stalwarts Phil and the Flying Leap return right on time for the change of season with “Spring Again,” their first new song in five years.

Singer-songwriter Phil Berman pairs a Bacchic vocal with a loping, fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Behind him, handheld percussion courtesy of Fabio Pirozollo gives the track a beat you can frolic around a maypole to. A string section made up of violinists Rachel Panitch and Rachel Jayson and cellist Valerie Thompson spring up behind them like a fresh crop of crocuses.

“My husband reminded me that ‘it will be spring again,’ and I was hit with this deep yearning for change. In that moment, I felt more than just a preference for sunnier weather, but a deeper need for inevitable renewal and change,” Berman said.

You can listen to “Spring Again” everywhere now.