Big Red Machine have shared their new single for the song “Mimi” featuring Ilsey. The track is from their upcoming album How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? out August 27th via Jagjaguwar.

Co-written by Dessner, Justin Vernon and singer/songwriter Isley, “Mimi” follows “Phoenix” (feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell), “Latter Days (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)”, “The Ghost of Cincinnati”, and “Renegade Feat. Taylor Swift” which currently sits at #15 and climbing on the US mediabase Hot AC chart.

Aaron Dessner: “I named this song Mimi for my youngest daughter…I was thinking about how grateful I am for my children and how they light up even the darkest days. Justin, Ilsey and I wrote words and melodies to this in isolation and we decided to interweave them, like characters in a book, full of longing and gratitude. Later James Krivchenia came to visit and brought the song further to life with his drums. Musically I feel like maybe we were seeking the open air and road of a Tom Petty song, just accidentally in an odd meter. So grateful to Ilsey for joining this collaboration — it felt so natural and joyful.”

Ilsey: “This song is almost a mirror to the process of how we made it. Aaron, Justin and I wrote and recorded all of the parts separately.” Isley said, “The lyrics of the chorus reflect a longing for closeness and connection, but that longing is made to feel safe and less pained next to Justin and Aaron’s lyrics which have this strong theme of gratitude. All of this to say, what could have been a lonely chorus was made hopeful, and what could have been a lonely process was made joyful in getting to work with these two wonderful people.”

Big Red Machine will be joined by Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Anaïs Mitchell, The Westerlies, Scott Devendorf of The National, drummer JT Bates & keyboardist Nick Lloyd to perform “Phoenix” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on August 10th.

How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last tracklist:
Latter Days (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)
Reese
Phoenix (feat. Fleet Foxes and Anaïs Mitchell)
Birch (feat. Taylor Swift)
Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift)
The Ghost of Cincinnati
Hoping Then
Mimi (feat. Ilsey)
Easy to Sabotage (feat. Naeem)
Hutch (feat. Sharon Van Etten, Lisa Hannigan, and Shara Nova [My Brightest Diamond])
8:22am (feat. La Force)
Magnolia
June’s a River (feat. Ben Howard and This Is The Kit)
Brycie
New Auburn (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)

Pre-order How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last HERE