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New Zealand band Yumi Zouma (Christie Simpson, Josh Burgess, Charlie Ryder and Olivia Campion) have announced the release of a new album called Present Tense which arrives via Polyvinyl on March 18th. We already shared “In The Eyes Of Our Love”; “Where The Light Used To Lay” is the new excerpt which comes with the video directed by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry.

 “‘Where The Light Used To Lay’ eventually revealed itself as a bittersweet song about the agony of detangling your life as you break up and the enticing future, clarity, and lightness that the end of the tunnel can offer,” says co-founder/multi-instrumentalist Josh Burgess. “When we first started writing the song in 2019, we were all in long-term relationships. By the time the final mix was completed in the Fall of 2021, only one of those remained (thanks COVID). It’s funny how songs can end up revealing themselves in surprising ways, even to their writers. It’s equal parts confronting and calming, knowing that the subconscious starts processing long before the conscious comes to it. Regardless, it’s nice to have a moment with a song where you go ‘damn, ain’t that the truth.’