Total Fucking Darkness emerges from the abyss once more with “Take It Easy”—a pulsing rave anthem that invites listeners to dance and despair in equal measure. 

The irony of the song’s title is no accident. “Take It Easy” drips with absurdity, wielding its platitudinous phrase as a sardonic weapon against the chaos. As the world burns, Total Fucking Darkness stands at the edge, grinning.

Written in real-time, “Take It Easy” was born from pure spite. Torquil Campbell (a man who once played a badger in a cartoon) wrote the lyrics while listening to the track for the first time—a feat that continues to baffle even his bandmates, Stephen Ramsay (tall and just on this side of handsome) and Tom McFall (English studio genius and synthesist whose engineering credits include the likes of REM, Bloc Party, Twin Shadow, Regina Spektor). And then, of course, there are the sheep.

There are sheep involved in the track. It’s not the first song I’ve heard with sheep in it this year. If you think about it, songs with sheep in them are an incredibly good sign, because there’s never been a bad song that mentions, or actually features, sheep. Think about it. – Stephen Ramsay