Last we heard from our hometown psychedelic heroes Quilt, details of a new album were kept to a murmur as they debuted a few new songs during their set with us and ZUMIX this past July. Now, in the last days of 70° weather, Quilt have announced their first single in lieu of their 3rd LP, Plaza, to keep the warmth going just a bit longer.

“Eliot St.” is far from a sunny anthem though, finding singer/guitarist Shane Butler after a time “in which I found myself isolated from the city I had lived in for years, entered an emotionally rocky relationship which slowly disintegrated, and experienced my mother’s death.” Despite such sobering circumstances, “Eliot” only enhances Quilt’s penchant for lush, dreamy instrumentation, aided in part from Simon Hayes of Guerilla Toss’s work on strings.

Plaza will arrive via Mexican Summer on February 26th.