The Avett Brothers  will release their new album, Closer Than Together, on October 4th.

Seth Avett posted a lengthy “Mission Statement” for the album on Instagram and wrote that, “We didn’t make a record that was meant to comment on the sociopolitical landscape that we live in. We did, however, make an album that is obviously informed by what is happening now on a grander scale all around us…because we are a part of it and it is a part of us.”

The first single, “High Steppin’,” is out now. You can watch the song’s video at Rolling Stone.