Today we get another look at Rodrigo Amarante's forthcoming record, Drama, with a new single/video for "I Can't Wait". The track opens with cascading melodies from a harpsichord and an eerie guitar, later unfurling with synthesizers and sparse syncopations as he ruminates on hope, freedom and urgency. The accompanying video, which was written by Amarante, is cinematic. It beautifully depicts a morning of a fleeting dream, as Amarante wakes up, gets dressed, and walks to send a letter. 

"I wrote this song because Jesus is followed by traitors,” says Amarante. 

“I wrote it because Darwin's ideas are serving the purpose of turning ourselves against one another, because I believe freedom does not stem from independence, separation or disconnect as the dictionaries suggest, but rather from the acknowledgement of our interdependence, because freedom is belonging. I wrote this song because hope isn't enough. 

I wrote it after bumping into an entry at a Latin dictionary: 
Noster Nostri -  1: Our, Ours. 2: Our hearts beat as one. 3: That old dream of ours."

Last month we announced Drama with the album's lead single "Maré". Rodrigo's long-awaited follow-up to the newly reissued Cavalo – arrives July 16. Pre-order both records now from the Polyvinyl Store.