Chicago-based five-piece, Dendrons have shared their new single, “Wait in Line” – it’s the latest to be lifted from their forthcoming second album, 5-3-8 which is out via LA-based label, Innovative Leisure on August 26. The band announced the record alongside their signing to Innovative Leisure last month with “Double Ending.” The new single, which comes with an animation directed by Rapapawn Studio’s Óscar Raña and Cynthia Alfonso doubles down on the band’s agitated Krautrock-inflected art-rock which has previously found them open for the likes A Place to Bury Strangers, Omni, FRIGS and The KVB. The band will be touring the US later this month/next with dates in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and more – full run below.

5-3-8 – titled as a reference to the lyrical refrain that appears at a few points of the album of “fifths, thirds, octaves only” – was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas and Highland Recording Studio in Phoenix, Arizona; it was produced by Tony Brant and Sonny Di Perri (Protomartyr, DIIV, Nine Inch Nails, Animal Collective, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dirty Projectors) before being mastered at Elysian Sound by Dave Cooley. “Wait in Line” showcases bubblegum-pop-adjacent guitar lines and Motorik beats – it ebbs and flows throughout, showing dynamic to the band’s sound and ability to blend the loud with occasional moments of respite.