Oklahoma City’s Mad Honey continue to peel back the curtain on their sophomore album with the release of “Moshfeghian,” a brooding, slow-burning standout from their upcoming record Bridge Over Cumberland, due May 15 via Deathwish Inc. and Sunday Drive Records.

Where previous singles “Reaching” and “Marie’s Song” showcased the band’s range — from detached chug to devastating slowcore lullaby — “Moshfeghian” splits the difference, building from a sparse, dooming guitar riff into a delicate burst of airy strings and wistful contemplation on the past. It’s the kind of song that makes you want to stare out a rain-streaked window for six minutes and then text someone you haven’t spoken to in three years.

Guitarist Lennon Bramlett calls it “the thesis statement of the whole record,” and it’s easy to hear why. The track wrestles with nostalgia, change, and the impossible desire to hold on and let go at the same time — themes that thread through all eleven tracks of Bridge Over Cumberland. As Bramlett puts it, “Writing it helped us clarify the themes that run through all 11 tracks, and it’s the song that most fully captures the spirit and energy of BOC.”

The album itself traces the silhouettes of heartaches both platonic and romantic, with lead vocalist Tuff Sutcliffe’s shadowy, arresting presence anchoring the band’s most collaborative and fully realized work to date. Stereogum has already taken notice, praising “Marie’s Song” for its “absolutely shattering vocals” from Sutcliffe and calling “Reaching” a “soft and detached chug.”

From the codependency explored in the couplet of “Somehow” and “Past Together Isn’t Presence” to the propulsive ache of “James Gets His Rose,” Bridge Over Cumberland examines how we define ourselves through our connections — and what remains when those connections inevitably end. By the time the towering title track closes out the record with a gentle piano denouement, listeners are left at a crossroads: the risk of self-destruction on one side, the opportunity for reinvention on the other. It’s a tense conclusion, but ultimately an empowering one.

A fixture of Oklahoma City’s thriving shoegaze and indie scene, Mad Honey have shared stages with Hotline TNT, Shallowater, and Dummy, steadily cementing their reputation as one of the most compelling bands in the OKC underground.

The band will celebrate the release of Bridge Over Cumberland with an album release show on May 29 at The 51st Speakeasy in Oklahoma City, with support from Charlotte Bumgarner.

Stream “Moshfeghian” and pre-order Bridge Over Cumberland now wherever you listen. Follow Mad Honey on Instagram at @madhoneyband for all upcoming show announcements.