It is always hard not to start getting nostalgic about the fading summer every year around this time. Rochester, MN duo of Josh Augustin and Sam Winemiller, known as Vansire, do just that with their latest song “Pontchartrain” off their upcoming album Reflections and Reveries out later this week on August 18th. Named after the large lake that north of New Orleans, the song is a contemplative number about Augustin’s time in NOLA, where he spent a large amount of time this past summer, along with relating to the limited time he has left in his home of Minnesota before he goes off to college. Augustin calls the song a “meditation on maintaining connection despite distance” and exploration of the “dream state” he falls into upon air travel. The hazy guitar chords should draw immediate connections to Real Estate’s most successful work and 8mm imagery soaked in sunlight and blue skies.