"Body," the new song from Vancouver's Blessed, is worth your time. It's an extended, punky jam, clocking in at just over seven minutes, and making each feel fresh and exciting. The first half of the track is dominated by the high-fructose riffing pioneered by Deerhoof, giving way to a darker, propulsive jam that's just as chaotic, yet well-controlled.

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"This song was my favorite to compose on the EP," the band's Drew Riekman told The FADER over email. "The band as a whole had a lot of ideas that kept feeding into it, and turned it into such a long song. We're all fans of electronic music, and had been looking for ways to incorporate it into what we've been doing almost since the inception of the band. We bought some keyboards and a drum machine and just started fooling around. We had toyed with the idea of a droning, stretched out piece of almost unflinching music, akin to Neu. When we started fooling around with our new instruments, we created the piece in the middle of this song. It's become my favourite song to play live.”

Blessed's new EP II is out April 28 via Kingfisher Bluez / Cointoss Records. Listen to "Body" below, followed by dates for the band's lengthy North American tour.