Some songs turn grief into something you can move to without ever letting you forget what’s underneath it. That’s what Toronto’s Weatherell has done with “Shelf Life.” The guitars are melodic, the bass is pushing forward the whole time, and the drums hit hard — it’s got this restless energy, somewhere between shoegaze haze and straight-up indie rock urgency.

Weatherell is Sean Hackl’s solo project, and if the name rings a bell, it’s probably from his time in Fade Awaays or BBQ Pope. “Shelf Life” doesn’t dance around its central idea — the title says it outright. Love and life both come with expiration dates; we just don’t get to read the label first. “Like a product on the shelf, love and life eventually expire; we just don’t always know which comes first,” Hackl says. It could come off bleak, but it plays more like a nudge — love harder, be kinder, don’t sit on the good stuff too long.

Hackl says the song came out of two things happening at once: losing a close friend, and watching a relationship fall apart. The chorus holds the sting of that — feeling used, tossed aside, gone sour before its time — and then the song pulls back and widens out, until it’s not really about one person anymore. It’s about time running out, period.

“Shelf Life” is the latest from Lonely Soul, Weatherell’s debut album out September 18. It follows earlier singles “Something Beautiful” and “Candy Eyes,” which already picked up some attention from Alan Cross, Exclaim!’s Eh List, Line of Best Fit and Northern Transmissions. Based on this one, Lonely Soul sounds like it’s shaping up to be a record made out of real loss and turned into something you actually want to play loud.

Give “Shelf Life” a listen here, and go ahead and pre-save Lonely Soul here while you’re at it.