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Hippo Campus is getting ready to release a new album.

The St. Paul, Minnesota outfit on Thursday shared "Bambi," the title track from the upcoming album, which is out Sept. 28. It comes with a video directed by Kyle Sauer.

The new music comes as the band has experienced a number of changes over their five year history. "We were in high school and the main idea was, 'Let's start a band and make our friends dance,'" says bassist Zach Sutton, recalling the band's origins. "There was no real context to what we were doing—it was just total creative joy."

Regarding the new song, singer Jake Luppen says: "'Bambi' was the last song added to the record and potentially the most elusive. We wrote the original idea in our practice space with a drum machine, op-1, guitar and rhodes. We sat with session for several months before we had the major melodic breakthroughs. The lyrics deal with the challenges of being a friend to those around you when your mental health is getting in the way."

Hear the new track below.

Hippo Campus' tour schedule:

10/05 — Milwaukee, WI — Pabst Theater *

10/06 — Chicago, IL — Riviera

10/08 — Pontiac, MI — The Crofoot

10/09 — St. Louis, MO — Pageant *

10/10 — Covington, KY — Madison Theater *

10/12 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works *

10/13 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade *

10/15 — Asheville, NC — Orange Peel *

10/16 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall *

10/18 — Philadelphia, PA — Union Transfer

10/19 — New York, NY — Terminal 5 *

10/21 — Buffalo, NY — Town Ballroom *

10/22 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE *

10/24 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club *

10/27 — Boston, MA — House of Blues *

10/28 — New Haven, CT — College Street Music Hall *

10/30 — Carrboro, NC — Cat's Cradle *

10/31 — Carrboro, NC — Cat's Cradle *

11/02 — Birmingham, AL — Iron City Music Hall *

11/03 — New Orleans, LA — House of Blues *

11/05 — Oklahoma City, OK — Jones Assembly *

11/06 — San Antonio, TX — Paper Tiger *

11/07 — Dallas, TX — Canton Hall *

11/09 — Austin, TX — Stubb's *

11/10 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall *

11/23 — Minneapolis, MN — Palace Theatre

11/24 — Minneapolis, MN — Palace Theatre

01/25 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman

01/26 — Denver, CO — Ogden

01/28 — Santa Fe, NM — Sunshine Theater

01/29 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren

02/01 — LA, CA — Novo

02/02 — San Francisco, CA — Fox Theatre

02/04 — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom

02/06 — Seattle, WA — Neptune Theater

02/07 — Seattle, WA — Neptune Theater

02/08 — Vancouver, BC — Imperial

02/14 — Manchester, UK — 02 Ritz

02/15 — Glasgow, UK — The Garage

02/16 — Newcastle, UK — The Riverside

02/18 — Birmingham, UK — Institute

02/19 — Dublin, IE — Dublin Academy Green Room

02/21 — London, UK — O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

02/23 — Bristol, UK — SWX

02/24 — Brighton, UK — Concorde 2

02/26 — Brussels, BE — Botanique / Rotonde

02/27 — Cologne, DE — Luxor

02/28 — Paris, FR — La Maroquinerie

03/1 — Amsterdam, AN — Tolhuis (Paradiso Noord)

03/3 — Berlin, DE — Lido

03/4 — Hamburg, DE — Molotow

03/5 — Copenhagen, DK — Hotel Cecil

* with Districts