Here and Now, the upcoming, long-awaited EP from Gates, is the New Jersey band’s first release in five years. The EP’s six tracks chronicle a period of tumultuous darkness and graceful rebirth, a process that culminates in the EP’s titular sentiment: a commitment to the here and now, rather than an endless looking backward, an eternal mourning of the past and what isn’t anymore.

The new EP comes out on October 29th on Wax Bodega.