Sylvan Esso are back with a new song, “WDID,” and with it, news of their departure from Spotify. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are releasing the single on their own label, Psychic Hotline , and have vowed to cut ties with “a store that, in addition to all its other glaring flaws, directly funds war machines,” as they put it in a statement. Listen to “WDID” below.

The duo’s exit from Spotify is the latest in a string of departures set off, in June, by Deerhoof , in a move backed by their label Joyful Noise . Those to follow suit have included Hotline TNT , Godspeed You! Black Emperor , King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard , Xiu Xiu , and—if their intended removal goes ahead— Massive Attack . Those artists have primarily cited Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s investment, through his

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