“It’s like a cassingle with a little extra ‘ingle, pilule ” I think,” John Lutkevich offered regarding his new release, Golden, which arrives today via Disposable America.

We’ve become well acquainted with Lutkevich’s aching rasp under the alias Soft Fangs over the last year, but it can be sort of difficult to imagine him cracking jokes under the shadow a song like “Golden” casts.

“Basically, this song references the title of the upcoming album, [The Light]. I feel like it’s a mysterious thing,” Lutkevich added cryptically. “It will slowly… uh, illuminate itself though,” he finished with a laugh. The single paints its creator waking up “full of hate, trying to wipe my past away”, assumedly unsure if a light even exists at all. Coupled with ornate children’s book art that Lutkevich “pieced together” himself and it’s not hard to conclude that these burdens have been carried over the years. “I think the whole narrative scope of this EP leading into this cassingle leading into the album reads like a book a little bit,” he added, calling Golden “the little short story leading up to the novel.”

Golden comes with the woozy, Alex G-eying b-side “Future Sun” and, for early adopters, a handmade collage made by Lutkevich. Although the collages have already sold out, standalone cassingles are still available through Disposable America. Sorry… cassingle-ingles.

Soft Fangs is playing tonight at Out of The Blue Gallery with Horse Jumper of Love, Pits, Ian, and Puppy Problems. Stream the full cassingle below to prepare yourself: