DC/LA-based duo Foreign Air have announced their debut album Good Morning Stranger will drop on October 16th, ahead of the album’s release, Foreign Air have shared their electro-pop inspired single “I Believe.” The track was co-written with Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa, Jai Wolf, MAX).

After a road trip through the Southeastern US laid bare the glaring differences between his home town of Washington, DC and its surrounding states, Foreign Air’s Jacob Michael “wanted to write a song that was universal, that could unify people with a simple message,” he says of “I Believe.”

Jesse Clasen and Jacob Michael met several years ago while performing in different bands, and struck up a mutual admiration that evolved into a friendship. Soon after meeting, the duo began sharing ideas via Dropbox – those ideas later became their first songs as Foreign Air.

Classen and Michael channeled their inner children on ‘Good Morning Stranger’ by experimenting freely with different sonic colors, which they compare to the experience of coloring with crayons as a kid. The duo used whatever was around them to craft their desired sonic palette – on “I Believe,” Clasen even uses an old suitcase as a kick drum.