I’m not certain what you’d call the visual aesthetic of Saturn Moth’s album cover, the one for their forthcoming Quiet Pigs Dig Deep. 

It appears hand-painted and sharply shadowed, with a pig nestling into a root-made hovel, while a wolf peers at him. The artist is Anne Newman. The whole thing, like something out of Watership Down, is at once youthfully familiar and quite unsettling. Fitting for Saturn Moth.

Today, we premiere the first release from their debut LP, Quiet Pigs Dig Deep.

The song begins with Clash-esque drums from Brandon Bakke and an opening punk-rock guitar lick that persists through the rest of the song, shouldering its idiosyncrasies. Bassist and lead vocalist Collin Matz high-steps around his vocal range for the duration: sometimes rising into rough rock vocals, or filling out like David Byrne, and other times closing his throat like Colin Meloy. There’s also a kind of Decemberists-esque whimsy to the songs pair of bridges. But then it’s right back into the prescribed darkness and the lyrical themes of predator and prey.

Listen to the premiere of “Underworld” below. RSVP for their release show on Aug. 30 at The Waiting Room here.