Back in 2009, Sunny Day Real Estate reunited, toured, reissued both Diary and LP2, and planned to release a new record. Unfortunately, according to bassist Nate Mendel, the recording “fell apart.”

However, the band has big news: they will be releasing a new song on Record Store Day, April 19, 2014, entitled “Lipton Witch” — their first new song since The Rising Tide was released in 2000. It is speculated that the song could be the track the band debuted during the 2009 tour, which went unnamed, but was dubbed both “10” and “New Song” by fans.

The release is a split with Circa Survive, and features exclusive tracks from both bands. The release will have a limited pressing, with 2,400 coming out on burgundy vinyl and 100 on clear vinyl. The artwork is by Chris Thompson, who did the art for Diary and How It Feels to Be Something On.

Circa Survive’s track is called “Bad Heart,” recorded after the release of the band’s last album, 2012’s Violent Waves.

Brendan Ekstrom from Circa Survive wrote about how the split came about:

I went to see a few of the Sunny Day Real Estate shows when they toured in 2009 and I knew they’d written and recorded at least one song during that time. I got Jeremy Enigk’s info from a mutual friend and emailed him asking if they had anything planned with the track. I knew they were on a hiatus and I hated the idea of that song never being released.  Jeremy spoke with the other guys who all seemed interested to do the split I had I proposed.  We had a B-side we’d been sitting on that had a mellower vibe which seemed to balance their more rocking song in a way that another upbeat jam might not have. I couldn’t be more happy that this is happening. I honestly think this one of the best songs Sunny Day has ever written and I’m really happy that fans are going to get to hear it.

(via P4k)